Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
Knitting?
Intricate work
Hand spinning
Concentration on the job
Spinning
Felt hat making
Weaver at work
Drawing the silk threads
Hand spinning
A historical loom?
Full length sheepskin coat
Spinning wool by hand
Teasing a thread of some sort
Wool spinning
Wool spinning the traditional way.
Inserting a thread
Unwinding the silk strands
Concentration!
Weaving
Very intricate wheels. What are they for?
Teasing thread
Rope making by hand
Silk cocoons
Drawing silk into skeins
A happy weaver
Wool waiting spinning
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
A flock of sheep
Close up of the spinning process
Spinning
Raw wool waiting to be spun.
Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Silk larva and the cocoon
Hat moulds
Rope making by hand
Inserting a coloured thread
Drawing silk threads
Weaving in progress
A wool winder
Making a felt hat
Wool spinning
Weaving
Balls of newly spun wool
The pattern is progressing
All keeping warm in the cold.
Hat moulds
Yarns ready for weaving
Felt working
The sheep look neater!
Dressed for the weather.
Spinning and winding wool
Wool awaiting spinning
He looks warmer than the photographer.
Weaving
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