Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Hand spinning
Shaping the hat
Silk cocoons
A happy weaver
Not sure who has the warmer coat.
Wool spinning by hand
A silk moth.
Unwinding the silk strands
Weaving or wool spinning, that is the question?
Close up of the spinning process
A historical loom?
A sheepskin collar and coat
Drawing silk threads
Inserting a thread
Starting a thread
Rope making
The raw material
The face of a man who knows how to keep warm.
Felt slippers
Weaving
Silk larva and the cocoon
Drawing silk into skeins
Rope making by hand
wool spinning
Raw wool waiting to be spun.
Silk being drawn into yarn
Rope making the hard way
Yarns ready for weaving
A fiddly job
spinning by hand
Spinning
Keeping warm with the sheep
Wool spinning the traditional way.
Weaving tools in use
Any ideas what he is doing here?
Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Wool spinning
Wool working or rope making?
Very intricate wheels. What are they for?
Balls of newly spun wool
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
A flock of sheep
Hat moulds
Weaving in progress
Spinning and winding wool
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
Making a felt hat
It looks a mess whatever it is.
Many threads being drawn into one
Teasing a thread of some sort
Intricate work here.
Concentration!
Hand spinning
Yarns ready for weaving
There is someone inside that!
The pattern is progressing
Concentration on the job
Weaving
There is a thread of some sort there.
Weaver at work
Wool spinning by hand
Gathering something, but what?
Weaving
Hand spinning
Intricate work
A lot of wool to be spun
Silk cocoons
Felt slippers
Unravelling the threads
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