Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Wool waiting spinning
Knitting?
Spinning
Weaving
Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
He looks warmer than the photographer.
Spinning
Spinning
Unravelling the threads
Teasing thread
Yarns ready for weaving
Making a felt hat
Starting a thread
Wool spinning
Keeping warm with the sheep
Wool spinning
Unwinding the silk strands
Balls of newly spun wool
A lot of wool to be spun
Felt slippers
Wool spinning
A happy weaver
Hand spinning
Pressing the felt
Spinning and winding wool
spinning by hand
Rope making the hard way
Yarns ready for weaving
Silk larva and the cocoon
Close up of the spinning process
Wool spinning by hand
Hand spinning
wool spinning
Wool spinning by hand
Not sure who has the warmer coat.
Wool working or rope making?
Rope making
Hand spinning
Hat moulds
Not the neatest but definitely the warmest.
Intricate work here.
A historical loom?
Concentration on the job
Silk being drawn into yarn
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