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