Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Yarns ready for weaving
A silk moth.
Hand spinning
A sheepskin collar and coat
Knitting
Felt slippers
Spinning wool by hand
Teasing thread
Many threads being drawn into one
Drawing silk into skeins
Spinning
Pressing the felt
Gathering something, but what?
There was a rope walk in the background here.
A wintry scene
Silk larva and the cocoon
Spinning by hand
Unwinding the silk strands
Not sure who has the warmer coat.
spinning by hand
A happy weaver
Felt hat making
Weaving
Concentration on the job
The pile is going down
Wool spinning by hand
Wool spinning
Yarns ready for weaving
Close up of the spinning process
Keeping warm with the sheep
Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Intricate work
Hand spinning
The raw material
Weaving
Felt working
Silk cocoons
Concentration!
Teasing a thread of some sort
Dressed for the weather.
Soaking the silk cocoons
Drawing the silk threads
Competing for the woolliest coat.
Spinning and winding wool
Wool awaiting spinning
Wool waiting spinning
A wool winder
Silk being drawn into yarn
Starting a thread
Hat moulds
Rope making
Knitting?
A wool carder
Weaver at work
There is someone inside that!
Rope making by hand
It looks a mess whatever it is.
Silk cocoons
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
Spinning
Spinning by hand
Spinning
Weaving in progress
A historical loom?
Spinning
Hand spinning
Raw wool waiting to be spun.
Full length sheepskin coat
Hat moulds
There is a thread of some sort there.
Very intricate wheels. What are they for?
Weaving in progress
The sheep look neater!
Soaking the silk cocoons
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