Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Making a felt hat
Silk cocoons
Felt working
Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Hand spinning
Unravelling the threads
A wintry scene
Spinning and winding wool
Rope making by hand
Wool spinning
A wool carder
Silk being drawn into yarn
The pile is going down
A happy weaver
Wool working or rope making?
Wool awaiting spinning
Keeping warm with the sheep
Inserting a coloured thread
Hand spinning
Weaver at work
Concentration!
Teasing thread
Knitting
Teasing a thread of some sort
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
Spinning by hand
Felt slippers
wool spinning
Wool spinning by hand
There is a thread of some sort there.
It looks a mess whatever it is.
spinning by hand
The raw material
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