Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Unwinding the silk strands
Hat moulds
wool spinning
Yarns ready for weaving
The raw material
There is someone inside that!
Wool spinning
Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
A happy weaver
Many threads being drawn into one
Weaving
Rope making
Wool spinning the traditional way.
Silk larva and the cocoon
A wool carder
Silk cocoons
spinning by hand
Any ideas what he is doing here?
Competing for the woolliest coat.
Intricate work
Not sure who has the warmer coat.
Full length sheepskin coat
Hand spinning
Wool awaiting spinning
Concentration!
He looks warmer than the photographer.
Gathering something, but what?
All keeping warm in the cold.
A flock of sheep
Teasing thread
Weaving
Weaving
The face of a man who knows how to keep warm.
Wool spinning by hand
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
Hand spinning
Spinning by hand
Soaking the silk cocoons
Spinning
Felt slippers
There was a rope walk in the background here.
Unravelling the threads
Raw wool waiting to be spun.
Pressing the felt
Yarns ready for weaving
Knitting
Intricate work here.
Keeping warm with the sheep
Close up of the spinning process
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