Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Weaving
Spinning
Silk cocoons
Hand spinning
Pressing the felt
Any ideas what he is doing here?
Spinning
Spinning
Intricate work
Felt hat making
There is someone inside that!
Wool half spun
Knitting?
Silk cocoons
Weaving
Spinning and winding wool
Balls of newly spun wool
A sheepskin collar and coat
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
Wool spinning
Wool working or rope making?
All keeping warm in the cold.
Drawing the silk threads
Hat moulds
Making a felt hat
Very intricate wheels. What are they for?
Spinning wool by hand
It looks a mess whatever it is.
Intricate work here.
Spinning by hand
Hand spinning
Weaving in progress
A fiddly job
wool spinning
Close up of the spinning process
Hand spinning
Concentration on the job
Spinning by hand
There was a rope walk in the background here.
Spinning
Shaping the hat
Wool spinning
Weaving tools in use
Knitting
The raw material
Finished felt hats
Drawing silk threads
Rope making the hard way
A flock of sheep
Soaking the silk cocoons
Soaking the silk cocoons
Concentration!
Wool waiting spinning
Many threads being drawn into one
Not the neatest but definitely the warmest.
Hat moulds
Hand spinning
Wool spinning
Inserting a coloured thread
Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
A wool carder
Not sure who has the warmer coat.
Starting a thread
Teasing thread
The sheep look neater!
Inserting a thread
Silk being drawn into yarn
Rope making by hand
A wintry scene
Dressed for the weather.
Felt slippers
Weaving
A historical loom?
Wool spinning the traditional way.
He looks warmer than the photographer.
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