Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
spinning by hand
Spinning
A wintry scene
Wool spinning
Silk larva and the cocoon
Felt slippers
A proper sheepskin coat!
Felt hat making
Inserting a thread
A flock of sheep
Any ideas what he is doing here?
Drawing the silk threads
Yarns ready for weaving
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
Weaving in progress
Wool spinning
Felt slippers
Silk cocoons
Drawing silk threads
A happy weaver
Finished felt hats
Drawing silk into skeins
Weaving
Intricate work
Spinning by hand
Wool spinning
There is someone inside that!
Hand spinning
Hand spinning
Rope making by hand
Weaving or wool spinning, that is the question?
Teasing a thread of some sort
Inserting a coloured thread
Unravelling the threads
Wool working or rope making?
All keeping warm in the cold.
Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
A sheepskin collar and coat
The pattern is progressing
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
Rope making by hand
Silk being drawn into yarn
The pile is going down
Spinning
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