Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
A historical loom?
Hand spinning
Raw wool waiting to be spun.
Silk larva and the cocoon
Drawing the silk threads
Wool spinning the traditional way.
Very intricate wheels. What are they for?
Rope making by hand
Weaving in progress
Weaving
Wool waiting spinning
Not sure who has the warmer coat.
A silk moth.
Wool spinning
The pile is going down
The pattern is progressing
Yarns ready for weaving
Teasing a thread of some sort
Shaping the hat
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
wool spinning
Felt working
A wintry scene
Teasing thread
Unravelling the threads
A happy weaver
Drawing silk into skeins
Wool half spun
Knitting
Intricate work here.
Felt slippers
Full length sheepskin coat
Felt slippers
Keeping warm with the sheep
Spinning
Wool working or rope making?
A sheepskin collar and coat
Wool spinning
Wool awaiting spinning
There was a rope walk in the background here.
Weaving or wool spinning, that is the question?
All keeping warm in the cold.
Many threads being drawn into one
Drawing silk threads
Hat moulds
The raw material
Weaving
Hand spinning
Starting a thread
The sheep look neater!
A wool carder
Finished felt hats
Soaking the silk cocoons
Hat moulds
Rope making
Hand spinning
Knitting?
Soaking the silk cocoons
Inserting a thread
Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
There is someone inside that!
Wool spinning by hand
Pressing the felt
Spinning
Making a felt hat
Hand spinning
spinning by hand
Felt hat making
The face of a man who knows how to keep warm.
Weaving in progress
Hand spinning
Unwinding the silk strands
He looks warmer than the photographer.
A flock of sheep
Silk cocoons
Any ideas what he is doing here?
A wool winder
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