Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Hat moulds
Silk cocoons
A wool winder
Wool spinning
Spinning and winding wool
Inserting a thread
There is a thread of some sort there.
Hand spinning
Spinning wool by hand
Finished felt hats
The pile is going down
Spinning by hand
Drawing silk into skeins
Intricate work
Wool half spun
Felt slippers
Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Wool spinning by hand
Wool working or rope making?
Hand spinning
Rope making by hand
Knitting
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
The face of a man who knows how to keep warm.
Soaking the silk cocoons
Hand spinning
Soaking the silk cocoons
Close up of the spinning process
Silk larva and the cocoon
Making a felt hat
Knitting?
Keeping warm with the sheep
There is someone inside that!
Shaping the hat
Silk cocoons
Spinning
A wool carder
Gathering something, but what?
The pattern is progressing
Weaving
Wool spinning
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
A silk moth.
spinning by hand
Silk being drawn into yarn
A historical loom?
Weaving in progress
The raw material
Concentration on the job
Raw wool waiting to be spun.
Hand spinning
He looks warmer than the photographer.
A sheepskin collar and coat
Weaving tools in use
Pressing the felt
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