Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
He looks warmer than the photographer.
Silk cocoons
Wool spinning
Weaving
Spinning and winding wool
Spinning
All keeping warm in the cold.
Weaving or wool spinning, that is the question?
Felt working
Hat moulds
Rope making the hard way
Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Drawing silk threads
There is a thread of some sort there.
Teasing thread
Yarns ready for weaving
Hat moulds
Soaking the silk cocoons
Hand spinning
Drawing the silk threads
Not sure who has the warmer coat.
The raw material
Spinning
Wool half spun
Felt hat making
Any ideas what he is doing here?
Wool spinning by hand
The sheep look neater!
Weaving
Very intricate wheels. What are they for?
A silk moth.
Full length sheepskin coat
Spinning by hand
Weaving tools in use
Weaving in progress
Not the neatest but definitely the warmest.
Unravelling the threads
Concentration!
There is someone inside that!
spinning by hand
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