Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Spinning
A lot of wool to be spun
Close up of the spinning process
Knitting
A wool carder
Hat moulds
The pile is going down
Spinning wool by hand
Hat moulds
A wintry scene
Pressing the felt
There is a thread of some sort there.
Silk cocoons
Wool waiting spinning
Rope making the hard way
Hand spinning
Hand spinning
The raw material
Felt working
Wool spinning the traditional way.
Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Competing for the woolliest coat.
Raw wool waiting to be spun.
Silk larva and the cocoon
Wool spinning by hand
Wool half spun
Full length sheepskin coat
There was a rope walk in the background here.
Unwinding the silk strands
Weaver at work
Wool awaiting spinning
Unravelling the threads
A happy weaver
Drawing silk threads
Rope making by hand
Making a felt hat
The face of a man who knows how to keep warm.
wool spinning
Not the neatest but definitely the warmest.
A sheepskin collar and coat
All keeping warm in the cold.
Teasing a thread of some sort
Rope making
Weaving tools in use
Concentration on the job
Very intricate wheels. What are they for?
Weaving or wool spinning, that is the question?
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