Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Weaving
It looks a mess whatever it is.
Silk being drawn into yarn
Drawing the silk threads
Wool waiting spinning
Yarns ready for weaving
Keeping warm with the sheep
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
Shaping the hat
Spinning wool by hand
Pressing the felt
Finished felt hats
Starting a thread
Spinning
Hand spinning
Full length sheepskin coat
Spinning by hand
Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
A happy weaver
Hat moulds
A sheepskin collar and coat
Felt working
Hand spinning
Wool spinning
Weaving or wool spinning, that is the question?
Hand spinning
Rope making the hard way
Wool half spun
There is someone inside that!
Intricate work here.
Weaving tools in use
Weaver at work
Spinning and winding wool
Intricate work
Unwinding the silk strands
Yarns ready for weaving
Felt slippers
Competing for the woolliest coat.
Rope making by hand
A lot of wool to be spun
Many threads being drawn into one
Concentration!
The sheep look neater!
Making a felt hat
Wool spinning
A proper sheepskin coat!
He looks warmer than the photographer.
The raw material
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