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