Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Unwinding the silk strands
spinning by hand
Knitting?
Rope making by hand
Yarns ready for weaving
He looks warmer than the photographer.
Spinning
There was a rope walk in the background here.
Rope making the hard way
A silk moth.
Spinning by hand
Weaving in progress
Weaving tools in use
A proper sheepskin coat!
Teasing a thread of some sort
Many threads being drawn into one
Silk cocoons
Starting a thread
A happy weaver
Silk cocoons
It looks a mess whatever it is.
Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Wool spinning
Dressed for the weather.
A lot of wool to be spun
A flock of sheep
Knitting
Wool spinning
There is a thread of some sort there.
Soaking the silk cocoons
The sheep look neater!
Hand spinning
Wool spinning by hand
Drawing silk threads
Wool waiting spinning
Hat moulds
Soaking the silk cocoons
The pattern is progressing
Concentration on the job
Raw wool waiting to be spun.
Silk being drawn into yarn
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