Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Concentration!
Spinning wool by hand
Spinning
Many threads being drawn into one
Weaving
Soaking the silk cocoons
Hand spinning
There was a rope walk in the background here.
Full length sheepskin coat
Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
wool spinning
The raw material
The sheep look neater!
Spinning
Wool working or rope making?
All keeping warm in the cold.
Unravelling the threads
Hand spinning
Weaving in progress
A historical loom?
Wool spinning
Spinning
Gathering something, but what?
There is someone inside that!
A silk moth.
Hand spinning
Spinning and winding wool
Spinning by hand
Wool awaiting spinning
Drawing silk threads
Raw wool waiting to be spun.
Hat moulds
Drawing silk into skeins
Weaver at work
Very intricate wheels. What are they for?
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