Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Felt working
Close up of the spinning process
wool spinning
Knitting
A flock of sheep
Unwinding the silk strands
A sheepskin collar and coat
The raw material
Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Wool spinning by hand
Wool awaiting spinning
Weaving in progress
Yarns ready for weaving
A fiddly job
Gathering something, but what?
All keeping warm in the cold.
Weaving
The sheep look neater!
Shaping the hat
A silk moth.
Hand spinning
Spinning
Rope making by hand
A lot of wool to be spun
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