Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
The face of a man who knows how to keep warm.
Gathering something, but what?
Hand spinning
Starting a thread
Full length sheepskin coat
Rope making by hand
Spinning
Soaking the silk cocoons
Shaping the hat
Hat moulds
Knitting?
There was a rope walk in the background here.
Wool spinning the traditional way.
Very intricate wheels. What are they for?
Wool working or rope making?
Wool waiting spinning
Weaving
Spinning
Wool spinning by hand
A silk moth.
Felt slippers
There is someone inside that!
Knitting
All keeping warm in the cold.
Soaking the silk cocoons
Teasing thread
Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Balls of newly spun wool
Weaving
Not the neatest but definitely the warmest.
The pile is going down
Hand spinning
It looks a mess whatever it is.
Hand spinning
Unwinding the silk strands
Silk being drawn into yarn
Inserting a coloured thread
A happy weaver
Spinning wool by hand
Weaving in progress
Wool half spun
There is a thread of some sort there.
Spinning
Weaving tools in use
Felt working
Dressed for the weather.
Drawing silk into skeins
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