Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Wool waiting spinning
Yarns ready for weaving
Not the neatest but definitely the warmest.
Spinning and winding wool
Gathering something, but what?
A lot of wool to be spun
Wool spinning the traditional way.
A proper sheepskin coat!
Teasing thread
Silk cocoons
A fiddly job
Spinning wool by hand
Weaving tools in use
Intricate work here.
Silk larva and the cocoon
Weaving or wool spinning, that is the question?
Intricate work
A flock of sheep
All keeping warm in the cold.
Weaving in progress
Drawing the silk threads
Concentration on the job
Very intricate wheels. What are they for?
A wintry scene
Spinning
Rope making
Knitting?
There is a thread of some sort there.
The raw material
Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Spinning
Pressing the felt
Wool awaiting spinning
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