Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Drawing silk threads
Rope making
A flock of sheep
Silk cocoons
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
Weaving in progress
A lot of wool to be spun
Concentration!
Knitting?
Making a felt hat
A historical loom?
Wool spinning by hand
Wool awaiting spinning
Balls of newly spun wool
Wool spinning
Soaking the silk cocoons
The face of a man who knows how to keep warm.
Silk larva and the cocoon
The sheep look neater!
spinning by hand
Very intricate wheels. What are they for?
Felt hat making
Intricate work here.
Full length sheepskin coat
Weaving
There was a rope walk in the background here.
Weaving
Hat moulds
Not the neatest but definitely the warmest.
Spinning by hand
A sheepskin collar and coat
A happy weaver
Wool half spun
A silk moth.
Competing for the woolliest coat.
Intricate work
It looks a mess whatever it is.
Teasing thread
Raw wool waiting to be spun.
Finished felt hats
Shaping the hat
Wool working or rope making?
A wool winder
Weaving
All keeping warm in the cold.
Wool spinning the traditional way.
Spinning
Yarns ready for weaving
Spinning
Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Rope making the hard way
Pressing the felt
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