Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Wool spinning
It looks a mess whatever it is.
Soaking the silk cocoons
The pile is going down
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
A proper sheepskin coat!
Wool spinning by hand
Hand spinning
Competing for the woolliest coat.
Silk larva and the cocoon
Wool spinning
A wool winder
Felt slippers
Inserting a thread
Concentration on the job
Intricate work
Wool waiting spinning
Rope making by hand
spinning by hand
Drawing silk threads
Spinning and winding wool
Not the neatest but definitely the warmest.
Gathering something, but what?
Drawing the silk threads
A lot of wool to be spun
A wool carder
There is someone inside that!
Spinning
Unravelling the threads
He looks warmer than the photographer.
Spinning by hand
Yarns ready for weaving
Spinning
Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Hand spinning
A historical loom?
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