Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
A historical loom?
Intricate work
Yarns ready for weaving
The raw material
Hand spinning
Spinning by hand
It looks a mess whatever it is.
Wool awaiting spinning
Concentration!
Wool spinning
Weaving or wool spinning, that is the question?
Yarns ready for weaving
Many threads being drawn into one
Hat moulds
Hat moulds
Raw wool waiting to be spun.
Any ideas what he is doing here?
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
Teasing a thread of some sort
Felt working
Spinning
Weaving in progress
Silk cocoons
Wool spinning by hand
Knitting
The face of a man who knows how to keep warm.
spinning by hand
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
Silk larva and the cocoon
wool spinning
A wool carder
Not the neatest but definitely the warmest.
Spinning
Weaving
Hand spinning
Concentration on the job
Rope making by hand
Pressing the felt
Weaving in progress
A sheepskin collar and coat
Wool waiting spinning
Spinning and winding wool
Unwinding the silk strands
Drawing the silk threads
Very intricate wheels. What are they for?
Drawing silk threads
Not sure who has the warmer coat.
Silk being drawn into yarn
Felt slippers
Spinning wool by hand
Hand spinning
Balls of newly spun wool
Competing for the woolliest coat.
Weaving tools in use
Full length sheepskin coat
Making a felt hat
Rope making by hand
Soaking the silk cocoons
Inserting a coloured thread
Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
A wintry scene
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