Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
wool spinning
Rope making the hard way
The sheep look neater!
Felt slippers
Hand spinning
The raw material
He looks warmer than the photographer.
Inserting a coloured thread
There is someone inside that!
Silk larva and the cocoon
Keeping warm with the sheep
Weaving in progress
Hat moulds
A wool carder
Weaving in progress
Wool awaiting spinning
Concentration!
Weaving
Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Spinning and winding wool
Finished felt hats
Unravelling the threads
Hat moulds
Hand spinning
Weaving
The face of a man who knows how to keep warm.
Spinning wool by hand
Wool spinning
A historical loom?
Any ideas what he is doing here?
Wool half spun
Unwinding the silk strands
Wool spinning the traditional way.
Silk being drawn into yarn
Weaver at work
Felt hat making
Drawing silk threads
Soaking the silk cocoons
Silk cocoons
Yarns ready for weaving
Drawing the silk threads
Intricate work here.
Shaping the hat
Teasing a thread of some sort
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
spinning by hand
Weaving tools in use
There was a rope walk in the background here.
Yarns ready for weaving
There is a thread of some sort there.
Soaking the silk cocoons
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