Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Silk being drawn into yarn
Spinning by hand
Spinning
Weaving in progress
Spinning by hand
A wool winder
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
Spinning
Starting a thread
Knitting?
Wool working or rope making?
Wool spinning
It looks a mess whatever it is.
The pattern is progressing
Soaking the silk cocoons
Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Weaving
Silk cocoons
Intricate work
Rope making
Wool half spun
Rope making by hand
Concentration!
Not sure who has the warmer coat.
Hat moulds
Wool waiting spinning
Teasing thread
A sheepskin collar and coat
Soaking the silk cocoons
Unwinding the silk strands
Close up of the spinning process
Hand spinning
Spinning
Silk larva and the cocoon
Wool spinning by hand
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