Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Hand spinning
Pressing the felt
It looks a mess whatever it is.
Soaking the silk cocoons
Many threads being drawn into one
A wool carder
Unwinding the silk strands
Yarns ready for weaving
Full length sheepskin coat
Spinning
A fiddly job
Weaving
Intricate work
The pile is going down
Weaving in progress
Very intricate wheels. What are they for?
Making a felt hat
A wintry scene
Weaving
Rope making by hand
Weaving or wool spinning, that is the question?
Wool spinning
Any ideas what he is doing here?
He looks warmer than the photographer.
Drawing silk into skeins
Silk cocoons
The sheep look neater!
Wool working or rope making?
Spinning by hand
The face of a man who knows how to keep warm.
spinning by hand
Wool spinning the traditional way.
The pattern is progressing
Spinning
Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Raw wool waiting to be spun.
Drawing the silk threads
Silk cocoons
Wool waiting spinning
Felt hat making
Gathering something, but what?
Spinning and winding wool
Shaping the hat
A sheepskin collar and coat
Silk larva and the cocoon
A historical loom?
Hat moulds
Rope making by hand
Hand spinning
Unravelling the threads
Inserting a coloured thread
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