Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
spinning by hand
Felt hat making
Weaving in progress
Drawing the silk threads
Inserting a thread
Inserting a coloured thread
Hand spinning
Silk cocoons
Unravelling the threads
Weaving
A wintry scene
Not the neatest but definitely the warmest.
The face of a man who knows how to keep warm.
Starting a thread
Spinning
Competing for the woolliest coat.
Many threads being drawn into one
There is a thread of some sort there.
Wool waiting spinning
Full length sheepskin coat
Spinning wool by hand
Concentration!
Yarns ready for weaving
A proper sheepskin coat!
Spinning by hand
A wool winder
Not sure who has the warmer coat.
Concentration on the job
Spinning by hand
Drawing silk threads
Felt slippers
Rope making the hard way
Rope making by hand
All keeping warm in the cold.
Rope making by hand
The raw material
There is someone inside that!
A silk moth.
Wool spinning the traditional way.
Spinning
Hand spinning
Hat moulds
Wool awaiting spinning
Teasing a thread of some sort
Spinning and winding wool
Weaver at work
Shaping the hat
Wool spinning
Hand spinning
It looks a mess whatever it is.
Finished felt hats
A historical loom?
Silk being drawn into yarn
A sheepskin collar and coat
Hand spinning
Intricate work here.
Intricate work
The sheep look neater!
Silk larva and the cocoon
Wool working or rope making?
Unwinding the silk strands
Spinning
Wool half spun
Wool spinning
A flock of sheep
A wool carder
Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Soaking the silk cocoons
Hat moulds
Weaving
Wool spinning by hand
Pressing the felt
Spinning
Making a felt hat
Weaving or wool spinning, that is the question?
The pattern is progressing
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