Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Hand spinning
There is someone inside that!
Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Hat moulds
A silk moth.
Weaving tools in use
Close up of the spinning process
Starting a thread
Felt slippers
Wool working or rope making?
Many threads being drawn into one
Teasing a thread of some sort
Knitting
A wintry scene
Wool half spun
Weaving
A proper sheepskin coat!
Drawing silk threads
Not sure who has the warmer coat.
Hand spinning
Gathering something, but what?
Wool waiting spinning
Weaving
Silk cocoons
Teasing thread
Weaving
Spinning
Keeping warm with the sheep
Any ideas what he is doing here?
A lot of wool to be spun
Spinning
A wool carder
Silk larva and the cocoon
Wool spinning by hand
Wool spinning the traditional way.
Competing for the woolliest coat.
Hand spinning
Rope making by hand
Not the neatest but definitely the warmest.
He looks warmer than the photographer.
Making a felt hat
Felt slippers
Intricate work
Soaking the silk cocoons
Knitting?
wool spinning
It looks a mess whatever it is.
spinning by hand
Silk being drawn into yarn
Weaving in progress
Rope making
Spinning
Wool spinning by hand
Felt hat making
Shaping the hat
Weaver at work
Inserting a thread
There is a thread of some sort there.
Drawing the silk threads
Hand spinning
Inserting a coloured thread
Pressing the felt
Concentration on the job
A sheepskin collar and coat
Unravelling the threads
There was a rope walk in the background here.
The sheep look neater!
Hat moulds
Raw wool waiting to be spun.
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
Spinning wool by hand
Yarns ready for weaving
Wool spinning
Yarns ready for weaving
Very intricate wheels. What are they for?
The raw material
Drawing silk into skeins
Full length sheepskin coat
A happy weaver
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