Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Rope making by hand
Rope making
Competing for the woolliest coat.
Hand spinning
A wool winder
Drawing the silk threads
Rope making by hand
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
Weaving
Any ideas what he is doing here?
There is someone inside that!
Felt hat making
Spinning wool by hand
Finished felt hats
A happy weaver
The pattern is progressing
Intricate work here.
Weaving in progress
Felt slippers
Knitting
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
Weaving in progress
Intricate work
Spinning by hand
Yarns ready for weaving
Full length sheepskin coat
A fiddly job
Inserting a coloured thread
Pressing the felt
Felt working
Making a felt hat
It looks a mess whatever it is.
Wool spinning
Spinning by hand
The pile is going down
The sheep look neater!
Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Spinning
A sheepskin collar and coat
Unravelling the threads
A lot of wool to be spun
Wool half spun
The face of a man who knows how to keep warm.
Wool waiting spinning
A historical loom?
Keeping warm with the sheep
Silk larva and the cocoon
There was a rope walk in the background here.
Hand spinning
Very intricate wheels. What are they for?
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