Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Weaving tools in use
Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Silk being drawn into yarn
Unravelling the threads
Weaving
Full length sheepskin coat
Intricate work here.
Dressed for the weather.
Inserting a coloured thread
Wool spinning by hand
Hand spinning
Many threads being drawn into one
Wool spinning the traditional way.
Very intricate wheels. What are they for?
Spinning
Wool working or rope making?
The sheep look neater!
Wool awaiting spinning
The pattern is progressing
Soaking the silk cocoons
Spinning
Rope making the hard way
All keeping warm in the cold.
A fiddly job
The pile is going down
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