Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Felt slippers
There was a rope walk in the background here.
Very intricate wheels. What are they for?
Many threads being drawn into one
wool spinning
Yarns ready for weaving
Wool spinning
A wintry scene
Wool awaiting spinning
Weaving
Unravelling the threads
Hat moulds
Silk being drawn into yarn
Rope making by hand
Wool spinning by hand
Drawing the silk threads
Silk cocoons
Spinning
A happy weaver
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
Competing for the woolliest coat.
Making a felt hat
Intricate work
Hat moulds
Balls of newly spun wool
A sheepskin collar and coat
Hand spinning
There is someone inside that!
Wool half spun
Hand spinning
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
Wool spinning the traditional way.
A flock of sheep
A lot of wool to be spun
Concentration!
Silk cocoons
Soaking the silk cocoons
Weaving
A historical loom?
Weaving
Soaking the silk cocoons
Close up of the spinning process
Keeping warm with the sheep
Teasing thread
Drawing silk threads
Gathering something, but what?
Weaver at work
Shaping the hat
Any ideas what he is doing here?
Silk larva and the cocoon
Wool spinning
He looks warmer than the photographer.
The sheep look neater!
Weaving tools in use
Raw wool waiting to be spun.
The face of a man who knows how to keep warm.
All keeping warm in the cold.
Inserting a coloured thread
A wool carder
Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Felt hat making
Yarns ready for weaving
Dressed for the weather.
Wool spinning
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