Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Very intricate wheels. What are they for?
Balls of newly spun wool
Spinning
Wool spinning
Drawing silk threads
A wintry scene
Rope making by hand
Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
A historical loom?
Hand spinning
Wool half spun
Hand spinning
A fiddly job
A lot of wool to be spun
Concentration on the job
Weaving in progress
Wool working or rope making?
Close up of the spinning process
Knitting
Drawing the silk threads
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
Weaving tools in use
Drawing silk into skeins
Hand spinning
Full length sheepskin coat
Finished felt hats
Wool spinning
Weaving
Felt slippers
Wool spinning the traditional way.
It looks a mess whatever it is.
A sheepskin collar and coat
Knitting?
Spinning wool by hand
spinning by hand
Wool spinning by hand
A wool winder
The face of a man who knows how to keep warm.
Rope making by hand
Keeping warm with the sheep
There is a thread of some sort there.
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