Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Very intricate wheels. What are they for?
Rope making by hand
Silk being drawn into yarn
Wool spinning
Spinning
Spinning
Inserting a thread
Wool awaiting spinning
Spinning by hand
Concentration!
Unwinding the silk strands
Weaver at work
Starting a thread
Rope making
Raw wool waiting to be spun.
Pressing the felt
Weaving or wool spinning, that is the question?
Not sure who has the warmer coat.
Full length sheepskin coat
A lot of wool to be spun
Making a felt hat
All keeping warm in the cold.
Felt slippers
The sheep look neater!
Close up of the spinning process
A fiddly job
Wool spinning
Hand spinning
Wool spinning by hand
Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Many threads being drawn into one
spinning by hand
Any ideas what he is doing here?
Hand spinning
Teasing a thread of some sort
There was a rope walk in the background here.
A historical loom?
Wool waiting spinning
Spinning and winding wool
Wool spinning
There is someone inside that!
Weaving in progress
Spinning wool by hand
Rope making by hand
Not the neatest but definitely the warmest.
The pile is going down
A flock of sheep
A sheepskin collar and coat
Hand spinning
A proper sheepskin coat!
Finished felt hats
Yarns ready for weaving
Wool spinning by hand
Concentration on the job
Wool half spun
Drawing the silk threads
Soaking the silk cocoons
Drawing silk threads
Felt slippers
Drawing silk into skeins
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
Rope making the hard way
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
Weaving
Yarns ready for weaving
A wintry scene
Silk cocoons
Wool working or rope making?
Shaping the hat
Spinning by hand
A wool carder
Felt hat making
It looks a mess whatever it is.
Weaving
Wool spinning the traditional way.
Gathering something, but what?
Hand spinning
Balls of newly spun wool
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