Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Drawing the silk threads
A silk moth.
He looks warmer than the photographer.
Any ideas what he is doing here?
It looks a mess whatever it is.
Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
The raw material
A flock of sheep
Weaving or wool spinning, that is the question?
Rope making the hard way
Concentration!
Felt slippers
Wool spinning
Teasing thread
Wool spinning
wool spinning
Intricate work here.
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