Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Felt working
Inserting a coloured thread
Hand spinning
Yarns ready for weaving
Weaving in progress
Spinning and winding wool
The raw material
A wool winder
Weaving
Very intricate wheels. What are they for?
A proper sheepskin coat!
Silk cocoons
Full length sheepskin coat
Felt slippers
There is a thread of some sort there.
Wool awaiting spinning
Hat moulds
Concentration on the job
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
Knitting
A silk moth.
Gathering something, but what?
Rope making
Wool working or rope making?
Rope making the hard way
He looks warmer than the photographer.
Teasing a thread of some sort
All keeping warm in the cold.
Drawing silk threads
Hat moulds
The pattern is progressing
Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Soaking the silk cocoons
Weaving tools in use
A lot of wool to be spun
The sheep look neater!
Weaving
Hand spinning
Knitting?
Spinning
Yarns ready for weaving
Spinning
Inserting a thread
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
Pressing the felt
Wool spinning
Silk larva and the cocoon
Drawing the silk threads
Weaving or wool spinning, that is the question?
Dressed for the weather.
It looks a mess whatever it is.
Spinning by hand
Wool spinning by hand
Any ideas what he is doing here?
Rope making by hand
Spinning
Hand spinning
Wool spinning
Concentration!
Weaving
Unwinding the silk strands
A fiddly job
Silk being drawn into yarn
Silk cocoons
Not the neatest but definitely the warmest.
The pile is going down
Spinning by hand
Hand spinning
Weaving in progress
A happy weaver
Shaping the hat
There is someone inside that!
Keeping warm with the sheep
A flock of sheep
Intricate work here.
Rope making by hand
Spinning wool by hand
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