Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Hat moulds
Very intricate wheels. What are they for?
Felt working
Silk larva and the cocoon
Hand spinning
Weaving in progress
He looks warmer than the photographer.
Spinning
Unwinding the silk strands
Keeping warm with the sheep
The pattern is progressing
Felt slippers
The raw material
All keeping warm in the cold.
Weaving or wool spinning, that is the question?
There is someone inside that!
Concentration on the job
Any ideas what he is doing here?
Wool spinning by hand
Hand spinning
Hand spinning
Inserting a thread
A historical loom?
Wool working or rope making?
Hand spinning
Many threads being drawn into one
Starting a thread
A silk moth.
Rope making by hand
Rope making the hard way
A sheepskin collar and coat
Silk cocoons
Teasing thread
Finished felt hats
Teasing a thread of some sort
Not sure who has the warmer coat.
Spinning
Wool waiting spinning
Drawing silk threads
Inserting a coloured thread
Intricate work here.
It looks a mess whatever it is.
The pile is going down
Spinning by hand
Weaving tools in use
The face of a man who knows how to keep warm.
Wool spinning by hand
Wool spinning the traditional way.
Weaving
Felt slippers
Making a felt hat
Shaping the hat
Weaving in progress
Spinning and winding wool
Rope making
A fiddly job
There was a rope walk in the background here.
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
Spinning by hand
Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Silk being drawn into yarn
Felt hat making
The sheep look neater!
Wool spinning
A happy weaver
Drawing silk into skeins
Weaving
Wool half spun
Spinning
wool spinning
Spinning wool by hand
Soaking the silk cocoons
Drawing the silk threads
Intricate work
There is a thread of some sort there.
Knitting
Wool awaiting spinning
Yarns ready for weaving
Pressing the felt
Hand spinning
spinning by hand
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