Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Spinning and winding wool
Wool spinning the traditional way.
Rope making by hand
A proper sheepskin coat!
Intricate work here.
A sheepskin collar and coat
Silk larva and the cocoon
Keeping warm with the sheep
Not the neatest but definitely the warmest.
Inserting a thread
Wool spinning
Felt slippers
Drawing silk into skeins
Yarns ready for weaving
There is someone inside that!
Soaking the silk cocoons
Hat moulds
Raw wool waiting to be spun.
Yarns ready for weaving
Felt working
Wool waiting spinning
Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
A historical loom?
A wool winder
The pattern is progressing
Unwinding the silk strands
Weaving
Silk cocoons
Hand spinning
Rope making by hand
Hand spinning
Hat moulds
A flock of sheep
A happy weaver
Dressed for the weather.
Balls of newly spun wool
Gathering something, but what?
Concentration on the job
Hand spinning
Spinning
spinning by hand
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