Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Wool spinning by hand
Drawing the silk threads
It looks a mess whatever it is.
A wintry scene
Gathering something, but what?
The sheep look neater!
The raw material
Soaking the silk cocoons
Any ideas what he is doing here?
Making a felt hat
Not the neatest but definitely the warmest.
Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Wool spinning
The pattern is progressing
Wool spinning
Weaving in progress
Silk cocoons
Silk cocoons
Knitting
Concentration!
Teasing a thread of some sort
Spinning wool by hand
Weaving tools in use
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