Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Silk larva and the cocoon
A wool winder
Hat moulds
Wool spinning
All keeping warm in the cold.
Not sure who has the warmer coat.
Starting a thread
Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Rope making
Unwinding the silk strands
Weaver at work
Soaking the silk cocoons
The sheep look neater!
Felt slippers
Full length sheepskin coat
Knitting
Spinning
Rope making the hard way
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
A flock of sheep
Raw wool waiting to be spun.
Hat moulds
Drawing silk threads
Wool half spun
Many threads being drawn into one
A wintry scene
Hand spinning
The pattern is progressing
Weaving in progress
There was a rope walk in the background here.
Weaving tools in use
A happy weaver
Wool spinning the traditional way.
Wool spinning by hand
Unravelling the threads
Balls of newly spun wool
Wool working or rope making?
wool spinning
Weaving in progress
Rope making by hand
Wool spinning by hand
A lot of wool to be spun
Finished felt hats
Drawing the silk threads
Spinning by hand
Drawing silk into skeins
Rope making by hand
A sheepskin collar and coat
Pressing the felt
Yarns ready for weaving
Concentration!
Competing for the woolliest coat.
Felt hat making
Spinning by hand
spinning by hand
Close up of the spinning process
There is a thread of some sort there.
He looks warmer than the photographer.
The pile is going down
Shaping the hat
Any ideas what he is doing here?
Weaving
Felt slippers
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