Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Many threads being drawn into one
Weaving tools in use
He looks warmer than the photographer.
A silk moth.
Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Not the neatest but definitely the warmest.
Knitting?
Teasing a thread of some sort
Intricate work
A flock of sheep
Felt slippers
Finished felt hats
A wool carder
Rope making by hand
Spinning by hand
Yarns ready for weaving
Soaking the silk cocoons
spinning by hand
Wool spinning by hand
A happy weaver
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
Unwinding the silk strands
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
Wool awaiting spinning
Rope making
Shaping the hat
Spinning
Yarns ready for weaving
Spinning by hand
Wool spinning by hand
Spinning wool by hand
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