Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Full length sheepskin coat
Hat moulds
Wool spinning the traditional way.
Silk being drawn into yarn
Spinning
Soaking the silk cocoons
Concentration on the job
Spinning by hand
A flock of sheep
Hat moulds
Rope making by hand
Wool spinning by hand
Making a felt hat
Felt slippers
Knitting?
Weaving in progress
Soaking the silk cocoons
Intricate work here.
A wool winder
The raw material
Hand spinning
Pressing the felt
It looks a mess whatever it is.
Teasing a thread of some sort
Weaving in progress
Keeping warm with the sheep
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