Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Close up of the spinning process
Wool working or rope making?
Wool spinning the traditional way.
Intricate work here.
There is someone inside that!
Hand spinning
Drawing silk into skeins
Felt slippers
All keeping warm in the cold.
Hand spinning
Weaving or wool spinning, that is the question?
Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Keeping warm with the sheep
Inserting a coloured thread
Spinning
Shaping the hat
Very intricate wheels. What are they for?
Full length sheepskin coat
Wool half spun
Weaving in progress
A sheepskin collar and coat
Rope making by hand
Drawing silk threads
Weaving
Yarns ready for weaving
Knitting
A happy weaver
A wool carder
Weaver at work
Concentration on the job
Wool spinning
Competing for the woolliest coat.
The pile is going down
The sheep look neater!
The raw material
Silk cocoons
Many threads being drawn into one
Rope making by hand
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