Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Hat moulds
Wool spinning
Wool working or rope making?
Inserting a thread
Wool half spun
Knitting?
Teasing thread
Weaving
Spinning wool by hand
The raw material
There is a thread of some sort there.
Silk being drawn into yarn
spinning by hand
Felt hat making
Hat moulds
Hand spinning
Spinning
The sheep look neater!
Weaver at work
Weaving tools in use
Dressed for the weather.
Wool spinning
Balls of newly spun wool
Silk larva and the cocoon
The pile is going down
Full length sheepskin coat
A silk moth.
Drawing silk into skeins
Many threads being drawn into one
Yarns ready for weaving
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
Rope making by hand
Intricate work here.
A wool carder
There is someone inside that!
A historical loom?
Hand spinning
Hand spinning
Wool spinning by hand
Intricate work
Spinning by hand
wool spinning
Hand spinning
Felt slippers
Wool spinning the traditional way.
Silk cocoons
Felt slippers
Spinning by hand
Gathering something, but what?
Silk cocoons
Rope making by hand
Very intricate wheels. What are they for?
Spinning
Unravelling the threads
Competing for the woolliest coat.
He looks warmer than the photographer.
Inserting a coloured thread
A sheepskin collar and coat
Keeping warm with the sheep
All keeping warm in the cold.
Shaping the hat
A wool winder
Drawing silk threads
Soaking the silk cocoons
Concentration on the job
Weaving
Starting a thread
Spinning
Spinning and winding wool
A wintry scene
Wool spinning
Finished felt hats
Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Yarns ready for weaving
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
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