Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Spinning and winding wool
Finished felt hats
Yarns ready for weaving
Drawing silk into skeins
Silk cocoons
Not the neatest but definitely the warmest.
Teasing a thread of some sort
Knitting
Wool working or rope making?
All keeping warm in the cold.
The sheep look neater!
The pile is going down
Wool half spun
Hat moulds
Spinning by hand
Wool spinning
A flock of sheep
spinning by hand
Intricate work here.
Silk larva and the cocoon
Inserting a thread
Balls of newly spun wool
The raw material
Weaving tools in use
A proper sheepskin coat!
A silk moth.
Weaving in progress
Weaving in progress
There is someone inside that!
Wool spinning the traditional way.
Concentration on the job
Rope making by hand
Pressing the felt
Wool waiting spinning
Weaving or wool spinning, that is the question?
Drawing the silk threads
A lot of wool to be spun
Knitting?
Rope making
Teasing thread
A fiddly job
Wool spinning by hand
It looks a mess whatever it is.
Shaping the hat
Not sure who has the warmer coat.
Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Wool spinning
Silk being drawn into yarn
Spinning
Felt hat making
Hand spinning
Spinning by hand
Unravelling the threads
Hat moulds
Spinning
Yarns ready for weaving
Rope making by hand
Wool spinning
Intricate work
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