Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
It looks a mess whatever it is.
Teasing thread
A happy weaver
Felt hat making
Wool waiting spinning
Keeping warm with the sheep
A flock of sheep
Concentration!
All keeping warm in the cold.
The raw material
Wool spinning
The pattern is progressing
There is a thread of some sort there.
Knitting
Silk being drawn into yarn
A wool winder
The pile is going down
Felt slippers
Silk cocoons
Weaving
Hand spinning
Hand spinning
There was a rope walk in the background here.
Unwinding the silk strands
Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
A wool carder
Raw wool waiting to be spun.
Weaving
spinning by hand
He looks warmer than the photographer.
Wool awaiting spinning
Dressed for the weather.
Spinning by hand
A lot of wool to be spun
Concentration on the job
Silk cocoons
Hat moulds
Weaving in progress
A historical loom?
Drawing the silk threads
Rope making
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