Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
The pattern is progressing
Weaving
Wool awaiting spinning
Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Weaver at work
Weaving in progress
Spinning
Felt working
Soaking the silk cocoons
Hand spinning
wool spinning
Rope making by hand
There was a rope walk in the background here.
Balls of newly spun wool
Yarns ready for weaving
Silk larva and the cocoon
Rope making
Felt slippers
It looks a mess whatever it is.
Silk being drawn into yarn
All keeping warm in the cold.
The sheep look neater!
A wintry scene
Spinning
Not the neatest but definitely the warmest.
Wool half spun
He looks warmer than the photographer.
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
Drawing the silk threads
A wool carder
Spinning wool by hand
Unravelling the threads
There is someone inside that!
Hand spinning
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