Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Full length sheepskin coat
There is a thread of some sort there.
Weaving
Wool working or rope making?
Wool spinning
Intricate work here.
Wool waiting spinning
Wool half spun
Balls of newly spun wool
Rope making by hand
Concentration on the job
The face of a man who knows how to keep warm.
Silk cocoons
There was a rope walk in the background here.
Knitting?
Pressing the felt
Drawing silk threads
A wool winder
Teasing thread
The pile is going down
Concentration!
Drawing silk into skeins
Rope making by hand
Wool spinning the traditional way.
Hat moulds
Hand spinning
Spinning by hand
Spinning by hand
Weaving in progress
Hand spinning
The sheep look neater!
Silk cocoons
Inserting a thread
Yarns ready for weaving
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
Spinning
Rope making the hard way
A historical loom?
Spinning
Drawing the silk threads
Weaving in progress
The raw material
A happy weaver
Felt working
Rope making
A flock of sheep
Weaving tools in use
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
Weaver at work
A lot of wool to be spun
Many threads being drawn into one
Starting a thread
Spinning
Competing for the woolliest coat.
Very intricate wheels. What are they for?
Felt slippers
Making a felt hat
Silk larva and the cocoon
Keeping warm with the sheep
The pattern is progressing
spinning by hand
Wool spinning by hand
Finished felt hats
Hand spinning
Weaving
Wool spinning by hand
Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Soaking the silk cocoons
Weaving or wool spinning, that is the question?
He looks warmer than the photographer.
Intricate work
Felt hat making
Dressed for the weather.
Not the neatest but definitely the warmest.
Spinning
A wintry scene
Teasing a thread of some sort
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