Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Wool working or rope making?
Many threads being drawn into one
Soaking the silk cocoons
Not the neatest but definitely the warmest.
Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
A sheepskin collar and coat
Weaving in progress
Rope making the hard way
Spinning
Hand spinning
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