Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Hand spinning
There was a rope walk in the background here.
Unwinding the silk strands
Pressing the felt
Felt working
Yarns ready for weaving
Intricate work here.
Raw wool waiting to be spun.
Keeping warm with the sheep
Wool working or rope making?
A sheepskin collar and coat
Not sure who has the warmer coat.
Felt slippers
Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Intricate work
Weaving in progress
Dressed for the weather.
The pattern is progressing
The sheep look neater!
A wintry scene
Finished felt hats
A flock of sheep
Silk cocoons
Weaving or wool spinning, that is the question?
Spinning
A proper sheepskin coat!
Unravelling the threads
Soaking the silk cocoons
Making a felt hat
A fiddly job
Rope making by hand
Wool spinning
Starting a thread
Teasing a thread of some sort
Wool spinning by hand
Full length sheepskin coat
Wool spinning the traditional way.
Inserting a coloured thread
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