Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Not the neatest but definitely the warmest.
Weaving
Starting a thread
Spinning by hand
Shaping the hat
Silk being drawn into yarn
The pattern is progressing
There is a thread of some sort there.
Silk larva and the cocoon
Knitting
Wool waiting spinning
Full length sheepskin coat
Wool spinning by hand
The face of a man who knows how to keep warm.
He looks warmer than the photographer.
Unwinding the silk strands
Felt working
Wool spinning
Wool spinning the traditional way.
Soaking the silk cocoons
A sheepskin collar and coat
Spinning wool by hand
Wool spinning
Intricate work here.
A happy weaver
Silk cocoons
Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Gathering something, but what?
All keeping warm in the cold.
Not sure who has the warmer coat.
spinning by hand
Pressing the felt
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