Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Intricate work
Hat moulds
Inserting a coloured thread
Felt slippers
Hand spinning
Drawing silk into skeins
Spinning and winding wool
Not the neatest but definitely the warmest.
A wool carder
Weaving or wool spinning, that is the question?
He looks warmer than the photographer.
Weaving tools in use
The sheep look neater!
Pressing the felt
Rope making
A wintry scene
Weaving
Soaking the silk cocoons
There is someone inside that!
Any ideas what he is doing here?
Spinning by hand
Hat moulds
Finished felt hats
Hand spinning
Weaving
Starting a thread
Rope making by hand
Rope making the hard way
Spinning by hand
Silk cocoons
The pile is going down
Raw wool waiting to be spun.
The pattern is progressing
Competing for the woolliest coat.
The raw material
Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Hand spinning
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
A sheepskin collar and coat
Hand spinning
Drawing silk threads
A silk moth.
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