Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Teasing thread
Wool spinning
Teasing a thread of some sort
Soaking the silk cocoons
Pressing the felt
Shaping the hat
All keeping warm in the cold.
Drawing silk threads
There is someone inside that!
Hand spinning
A wintry scene
Spinning and winding wool
Wool working or rope making?
Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Spinning by hand
The pile is going down
Felt slippers
Hat moulds
Hand spinning
Spinning wool by hand
Concentration on the job
Drawing silk into skeins
Not the neatest but definitely the warmest.
It looks a mess whatever it is.
Felt hat making
A flock of sheep
Hat moulds
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