Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Felt working
Making a felt hat
Silk larva and the cocoon
Not the neatest but definitely the warmest.
Spinning
Hand spinning
Inserting a thread
Any ideas what he is doing here?
A wool carder
Not sure who has the warmer coat.
Starting a thread
Raw wool waiting to be spun.
Weaving
Rope making by hand
Weaver at work
Knitting
Inserting a coloured thread
Hat moulds
There is a thread of some sort there.
Spinning
Intricate work here.
Wool awaiting spinning
Wool spinning by hand
Wool waiting spinning
Yarns ready for weaving
Intricate work
Wool spinning the traditional way.
Silk cocoons
Teasing a thread of some sort
Hat moulds
Weaving or wool spinning, that is the question?
A sheepskin collar and coat
Wool spinning by hand
Drawing silk into skeins
Weaving
Wool spinning
All keeping warm in the cold.
Hand spinning
Wool half spun
Soaking the silk cocoons
A wool winder
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
Knitting?
Felt slippers
Gathering something, but what?
There was a rope walk in the background here.
Keeping warm with the sheep
The sheep look neater!
Spinning by hand
Concentration!
Hand spinning
A proper sheepskin coat!
A flock of sheep
Drawing the silk threads
Felt hat making
A historical loom?
The pile is going down
A wintry scene
Weaving tools in use
Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
Hand spinning
There is someone inside that!
A happy weaver
Dressed for the weather.
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