Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Wool spinning by hand
Rope making the hard way
Not sure who has the warmer coat.
Spinning
The pile is going down
Teasing a thread of some sort
Wool spinning
Silk cocoons
A happy weaver
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
Making a felt hat
Felt slippers
A lot of wool to be spun
Silk larva and the cocoon
Wool working or rope making?
A proper sheepskin coat!
Hat moulds
Spinning and winding wool
Weaving
All keeping warm in the cold.
A flock of sheep
Inserting a thread
A wintry scene
The raw material
Wool half spun
Silk cocoons
A fiddly job
Unravelling the threads
Intricate work
Drawing silk into skeins
There is a thread of some sort there.
Hand spinning
There is someone inside that!
A wool carder
A historical loom?
Spinning
Not the neatest but definitely the warmest.
Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Inserting a coloured thread
Spinning
Full length sheepskin coat
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