Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Wool awaiting spinning
Any ideas what he is doing here?
Gathering something, but what?
Spinning and winding wool
The pile is going down
Wool spinning by hand
Rope making the hard way
Weaver at work
Wool spinning
Knitting
A lot of wool to be spun
Making a felt hat
A wool carder
Hat moulds
Dressed for the weather.
Hand spinning
Competing for the woolliest coat.
Felt slippers
A historical loom?
Spinning
Felt working
Unwinding the silk strands
Many threads being drawn into one
Silk larva and the cocoon
Spinning by hand
Starting a thread
A flock of sheep
Not the neatest but definitely the warmest.
Drawing the silk threads
Silk cocoons
Balls of newly spun wool
Concentration on the job
A happy weaver
Concentration!
There is someone inside that!
Weaving or wool spinning, that is the question?
Not sure who has the warmer coat.
Spinning by hand
Drawing silk threads
Rope making
Wool spinning the traditional way.
Weaving in progress
Pressing the felt
Yarns ready for weaving
Hand spinning
A silk moth.
A wintry scene
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