Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Rope making
Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Not sure who has the warmer coat.
Silk larva and the cocoon
Felt slippers
Pressing the felt
Weaving
Weaving
Yarns ready for weaving
Weaving in progress
Felt hat making
Balls of newly spun wool
It looks a mess whatever it is.
Drawing silk into skeins
Concentration!
Full length sheepskin coat
Wool half spun
Rope making by hand
Silk cocoons
All keeping warm in the cold.
A wool carder
Knitting?
Inserting a coloured thread
There is a thread of some sort there.
The pile is going down
Competing for the woolliest coat.
Rope making the hard way
A proper sheepskin coat!
A sheepskin collar and coat
A wintry scene
Weaving
Not the neatest but definitely the warmest.
Starting a thread
Hand spinning
Raw wool waiting to be spun.
A wool winder
Wool spinning
Felt working
Wool spinning
Gathering something, but what?
Weaving or wool spinning, that is the question?
Unwinding the silk strands
Very intricate wheels. What are they for?
Wool working or rope making?
Spinning
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