Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Inserting a coloured thread
Weaving or wool spinning, that is the question?
Wool spinning
Unravelling the threads
Competing for the woolliest coat.
Any ideas what he is doing here?
Wool spinning
Hat moulds
Hat moulds
The face of a man who knows how to keep warm.
Weaving in progress
The pile is going down
Spinning
Felt slippers
Knitting
Wool half spun
Felt working
Dressed for the weather.
Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Spinning by hand
Balls of newly spun wool
Intricate work here.
Hand spinning
A wintry scene
All keeping warm in the cold.
There is a thread of some sort there.
A sheepskin collar and coat
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
Weaving tools in use
Weaver at work
It looks a mess whatever it is.
Hand spinning
Teasing a thread of some sort
A happy weaver
Hand spinning
Drawing silk threads
The raw material
Knitting?
Soaking the silk cocoons
A silk moth.
Raw wool waiting to be spun.
Rope making the hard way
Weaving in progress
wool spinning
Very intricate wheels. What are they for?
Inserting a thread
Wool spinning the traditional way.
Gathering something, but what?
Drawing silk into skeins
Many threads being drawn into one
Wool awaiting spinning
Silk cocoons
Teasing thread
A historical loom?
Wool waiting spinning
Spinning wool by hand
Unwinding the silk strands
Rope making by hand
A lot of wool to be spun
Yarns ready for weaving
There is someone inside that!
Silk larva and the cocoon
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