Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Soaking the silk cocoons
Rope making
Spinning wool by hand
Close up of the spinning process
A lot of wool to be spun
Wool awaiting spinning
Knitting
Spinning
Teasing a thread of some sort
Weaving
Intricate work
Inserting a coloured thread
Yarns ready for weaving
Very intricate wheels. What are they for?
Not the neatest but definitely the warmest.
Keeping warm with the sheep
Starting a thread
Many threads being drawn into one
Rope making by hand
Rope making by hand
Unwinding the silk strands
A historical loom?
Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Felt slippers
Dressed for the weather.
A proper sheepskin coat!
Hand spinning
Pressing the felt
Rope making the hard way
The raw material
Weaving tools in use
There is someone inside that!
Drawing silk threads
Weaving in progress
Silk larva and the cocoon
He looks warmer than the photographer.
Yarns ready for weaving
Wool spinning by hand
A flock of sheep
Concentration on the job
Unravelling the threads
Silk cocoons
The pile is going down
Wool working or rope making?
Weaving in progress
Silk being drawn into yarn
Intricate work here.
A sheepskin collar and coat
A happy weaver
Hand spinning
A wool winder
Weaving
Wool spinning the traditional way.
Silk cocoons
Felt hat making
Hand spinning
Drawing the silk threads
Hat moulds
Gathering something, but what?
Making a felt hat
All keeping warm in the cold.
Weaving or wool spinning, that is the question?
There is a thread of some sort there.
The face of a man who knows how to keep warm.
Spinning and winding wool
Shaping the hat
Not sure who has the warmer coat.
Finished felt hats
Knitting?
Wool spinning
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