Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Rope making by hand
The sheep look neater!
Weaving
Spinning by hand
Teasing a thread of some sort
Weaving
Felt working
Spinning
A historical loom?
Full length sheepskin coat
Gathering something, but what?
Weaving in progress
Drawing the silk threads
Concentration!
Pressing the felt
Wool spinning by hand
Felt hat making
Raw wool waiting to be spun.
A flock of sheep
Weaving or wool spinning, that is the question?
A lot of wool to be spun
A wintry scene
Yarns ready for weaving
Inserting a thread
Hand spinning
All keeping warm in the cold.
Soaking the silk cocoons
Wool waiting spinning
Not sure who has the warmer coat.
Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Not the neatest but definitely the warmest.
Wool spinning the traditional way.
Spinning by hand
Wool spinning by hand
Any ideas what he is doing here?
Starting a thread
Wool spinning
Finished felt hats
There is someone inside that!
Hand spinning
Spinning wool by hand
Wool half spun
Inserting a coloured thread
Unravelling the threads
Yarns ready for weaving
There is a thread of some sort there.
Silk being drawn into yarn
Hand spinning
Spinning and winding wool
spinning by hand
Hand spinning
Silk cocoons
The face of a man who knows how to keep warm.
Rope making
Keeping warm with the sheep
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