Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Gathering something, but what?
Weaving tools in use
Intricate work
spinning by hand
Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Raw wool waiting to be spun.
The sheep look neater!
Wool working or rope making?
Inserting a coloured thread
Weaver at work
Hand spinning
There is someone inside that!
Silk larva and the cocoon
Rope making by hand
Hand spinning
Weaving
Soaking the silk cocoons
Unravelling the threads
Spinning
Spinning
A flock of sheep
All keeping warm in the cold.
Soaking the silk cocoons
Rope making the hard way
Teasing a thread of some sort
Not sure who has the warmer coat.
Yarns ready for weaving
Balls of newly spun wool
Weaving
Unwinding the silk strands
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