Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Concentration!
Knitting
Finished felt hats
A wintry scene
Felt hat making
Felt slippers
Weaving tools in use
Inserting a coloured thread
Silk larva and the cocoon
The raw material
Unwinding the silk strands
Teasing thread
Rope making by hand
Gathering something, but what?
wool spinning
Inserting a thread
Rope making by hand
There was a rope walk in the background here.
Silk cocoons
Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Keeping warm with the sheep
The pile is going down
Wool awaiting spinning
Wool half spun
He looks warmer than the photographer.
Very intricate wheels. What are they for?
A historical loom?
Rope making the hard way
A sheepskin collar and coat
Any ideas what he is doing here?
Silk cocoons
Unravelling the threads
Drawing the silk threads
Raw wool waiting to be spun.
Weaving
Hand spinning
Intricate work here.
Hand spinning
Wool spinning by hand
Balls of newly spun wool
Making a felt hat
Weaving or wool spinning, that is the question?
Soaking the silk cocoons
Wool waiting spinning
The sheep look neater!
Wool spinning
Spinning and winding wool
There is a thread of some sort there.
A happy weaver
Weaving
It looks a mess whatever it is.
Weaving in progress
A silk moth.
Wool spinning the traditional way.
Not sure who has the warmer coat.
Spinning
Concentration on the job
The pattern is progressing
Rope making
Teasing a thread of some sort
Felt slippers
Yarns ready for weaving
A wool winder
A fiddly job
Spinning
Hand spinning
Spinning by hand
Silk being drawn into yarn
Hand spinning
Shaping the hat
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