Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
A flock of sheep
Not the neatest but definitely the warmest.
There is a thread of some sort there.
A silk moth.
Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Weaving or wool spinning, that is the question?
Intricate work
Unwinding the silk strands
Wool spinning by hand
Keeping warm with the sheep
Drawing silk threads
Wool awaiting spinning
Wool spinning the traditional way.
Spinning by hand
Hand spinning
A wool winder
A historical loom?
All keeping warm in the cold.
Many threads being drawn into one
The pile is going down
Wool working or rope making?
Competing for the woolliest coat.
Hand spinning
Hat moulds
Weaving tools in use
Rope making by hand
Teasing a thread of some sort
A wool carder
Soaking the silk cocoons
Full length sheepskin coat
Starting a thread
Felt working
Weaving
A sheepskin collar and coat
Wool half spun
Very intricate wheels. What are they for?
Raw wool waiting to be spun.
Pressing the felt
Weaving
spinning by hand
Any ideas what he is doing here?
A lot of wool to be spun
Spinning
Rope making
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