Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Very intricate wheels. What are they for?
Balls of newly spun wool
Drawing silk threads
Felt slippers
Making a felt hat
All keeping warm in the cold.
Hat moulds
Spinning
Weaver at work
Any ideas what he is doing here?
Weaving in progress
The pile is going down
Silk larva and the cocoon
Wool spinning by hand
Many threads being drawn into one
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
Wool spinning the traditional way.
A proper sheepskin coat!
Spinning and winding wool
Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Raw wool waiting to be spun.
Competing for the woolliest coat.
wool spinning
Wool half spun
Intricate work here.
Intricate work
There is a thread of some sort there.
Weaving
Shaping the hat
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