Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Wool spinning
Weaving
Silk cocoons
Knitting?
Rope making
Drawing silk into skeins
Spinning
Wool spinning by hand
Felt slippers
Rope making by hand
Drawing silk threads
Wool waiting spinning
Drawing the silk threads
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
Intricate work
Gathering something, but what?
Wool spinning
Wool working or rope making?
Hand spinning
Weaving in progress
Full length sheepskin coat
Unravelling the threads
Spinning by hand
Unwinding the silk strands
Dressed for the weather.
Rope making the hard way
Hat moulds
Inserting a coloured thread
He looks warmer than the photographer.
Weaving
Not the neatest but definitely the warmest.
The pattern is progressing
Teasing thread
Wool awaiting spinning
Making a felt hat
wool spinning
Yarns ready for weaving
Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Silk cocoons
Raw wool waiting to be spun.
There was a rope walk in the background here.
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
Concentration on the job
Silk being drawn into yarn
A wool carder
Weaving or wool spinning, that is the question?
Weaving
Hand spinning
Felt hat making
The raw material
Not sure who has the warmer coat.
Many threads being drawn into one
Shaping the hat
Teasing a thread of some sort
Knitting
Inserting a thread
A lot of wool to be spun
Intricate work here.
Silk larva and the cocoon
A wintry scene
Wool half spun
Wool spinning by hand
Rope making by hand
Weaving tools in use
A sheepskin collar and coat
There is a thread of some sort there.
Wool spinning the traditional way.
Weaver at work
Wool spinning
Pressing the felt
Very intricate wheels. What are they for?
Close up of the spinning process
A proper sheepskin coat!
Hand spinning
A flock of sheep
There is someone inside that!
Spinning
The face of a man who knows how to keep warm.
Concentration!
Spinning by hand
A historical loom?
Spinning and winding wool
A silk moth.
A fiddly job
A wool winder
Finished felt hats
The pile is going down
Felt working
It looks a mess whatever it is.
Hand spinning
A happy weaver
spinning by hand
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