Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Felt slippers
He looks warmer than the photographer.
Competing for the woolliest coat.
Felt working
Rope making by hand
A proper sheepskin coat!
Drawing the silk threads
Knitting?
A silk moth.
Wool spinning by hand
Spinning
Drawing silk into skeins
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
Wool half spun
Silk being drawn into yarn
Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
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