Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Rope making by hand
A happy weaver
There is someone inside that!
Weaver at work
Making a felt hat
Finished felt hats
Balls of newly spun wool
Weaving
Wool half spun
Wool spinning by hand
Wool spinning by hand
The pattern is progressing
Spinning
A wool winder
Weaving
The face of a man who knows how to keep warm.
Wool spinning
Silk cocoons
Competing for the woolliest coat.
Yarns ready for weaving
Felt slippers
There is a thread of some sort there.
Rope making
Intricate work here.
Teasing thread
Knitting?
Rope making the hard way
Wool awaiting spinning
A lot of wool to be spun
Dressed for the weather.
Many threads being drawn into one
Felt hat making
Weaving
Hat moulds
There was a rope walk in the background here.
Drawing silk threads
A flock of sheep
All keeping warm in the cold.
Not the neatest but definitely the warmest.
Unravelling the threads
Hand spinning
Any ideas what he is doing here?
Close up of the spinning process
Inserting a thread
A wintry scene
Hand spinning
The raw material
Hat moulds
Silk cocoons
Spinning wool by hand
Spinning by hand
Not sure who has the warmer coat.
Concentration!
Spinning and winding wool
A fiddly job
Intricate work
A wool carder
Spinning
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
Wool spinning
The sheep look neater!
spinning by hand
Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Weaving in progress
Spinning by hand
Drawing the silk threads
Weaving in progress
Rope making by hand
Hand spinning
Inserting a coloured thread
Spinning
Weaving or wool spinning, that is the question?
Concentration on the job
Soaking the silk cocoons
Shaping the hat
Spinning
Silk larva and the cocoon
Teasing a thread of some sort
Keeping warm with the sheep
Very intricate wheels. What are they for?
Starting a thread
Knitting
Soaking the silk cocoons
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