Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
Wool awaiting spinning
Spinning
Drawing silk threads
Knitting
Hand spinning
Gathering something, but what?
Silk cocoons
Hat moulds
Drawing the silk threads
Shaping the hat
Wool spinning
Keeping warm with the sheep
A proper sheepskin coat!
Teasing thread
Inserting a thread
Spinning by hand
Rope making the hard way
Wool spinning
Intricate work here.
Weaving
A wool winder
Felt slippers
The pile is going down
Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Hand spinning
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
Wool waiting spinning
A sheepskin collar and coat
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