Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Balls of newly spun wool
Any ideas what he is doing here?
A silk moth.
A wool carder
Silk cocoons
Concentration on the job
Silk being drawn into yarn
Rope making by hand
Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Intricate work
Weaving in progress
There was a rope walk in the background here.
All keeping warm in the cold.
Wool spinning
Weaving
Gathering something, but what?
Hand spinning
Inserting a coloured thread
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
Felt hat making
Wool spinning by hand
Rope making by hand
Yarns ready for weaving
Rope making the hard way
Full length sheepskin coat
Weaving or wool spinning, that is the question?
A proper sheepskin coat!
The raw material
Hat moulds
Knitting?
A happy weaver
A fiddly job
Wool working or rope making?
Rope making
Wool half spun
There is someone inside that!
Weaving
Spinning by hand
Raw wool waiting to be spun.
Felt working
Spinning wool by hand
Hand spinning
Wool spinning
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
Hand spinning
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