Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
The pattern is progressing
Knitting?
Silk cocoons
Wool spinning
Close up of the spinning process
A wool carder
Competing for the woolliest coat.
The sheep look neater!
Making a felt hat
spinning by hand
Not sure who has the warmer coat.
Spinning by hand
Spinning and winding wool
Shaping the hat
Spinning wool by hand
Weaving
The face of a man who knows how to keep warm.
Rope making by hand
A silk moth.
Inserting a thread
Teasing a thread of some sort
Yarns ready for weaving
Intricate work here.
wool spinning
A historical loom?
Rope making by hand
Wool spinning by hand
Very intricate wheels. What are they for?
Finished felt hats
Spinning
Weaving in progress
Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
A fiddly job
Hand spinning
Weaving or wool spinning, that is the question?
A sheepskin collar and coat
There is someone inside that!
Not the neatest but definitely the warmest.
Hand spinning
Hat moulds
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