Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
A silk moth.
Not sure who has the warmer coat.
Wool working or rope making?
Rope making by hand
Felt hat making
spinning by hand
Hand spinning
Rope making the hard way
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
Weaving in progress
A fiddly job
Felt working
Weaving in progress
Spinning
Hand spinning
Hand spinning
It looks a mess whatever it is.
A lot of wool to be spun
Weaving
Silk cocoons
Full length sheepskin coat
Inserting a coloured thread
Drawing silk into skeins
Shaping the hat
Wool spinning the traditional way.
Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
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