Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Hand spinning
spinning by hand
A wool winder
Rope making by hand
Drawing silk threads
Yarns ready for weaving
Drawing the silk threads
Hand spinning
Wool waiting spinning
Making a felt hat
Hat moulds
Shaping the hat
Inserting a thread
A flock of sheep
There is someone inside that!
Inserting a coloured thread
Balls of newly spun wool
Knitting?
Full length sheepskin coat
There is a thread of some sort there.
The pattern is progressing
A historical loom?
Wool spinning
Felt hat making
The face of a man who knows how to keep warm.
Drawing silk into skeins
Hand spinning
Wool spinning by hand
Spinning and winding wool
Yarns ready for weaving
It looks a mess whatever it is.
Finished felt hats
Teasing a thread of some sort
A proper sheepskin coat!
Weaving in progress
Hat moulds
Hand spinning
A lot of wool to be spun
Spinning by hand
Spinning wool by hand
Starting a thread
Knitting
Spinning
Wool spinning
Hand spinning
Raw wool waiting to be spun.
Rope making
A sheepskin collar and coat
Weaving in progress
Felt working
A wintry scene
Not the neatest but definitely the warmest.
The pile is going down
Rope making the hard way
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
Silk being drawn into yarn
Unravelling the threads
Very intricate wheels. What are they for?
Many threads being drawn into one
Spinning
Silk larva and the cocoon
Wool working or rope making?
There was a rope walk in the background here.
The raw material
Dressed for the weather.
Not sure who has the warmer coat.
Felt slippers
Wool half spun
Concentration!
He looks warmer than the photographer.
Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Weaving
Spinning
All keeping warm in the cold.
Competing for the woolliest coat.
A happy weaver
Silk cocoons
Felt slippers
Soaking the silk cocoons
Pressing the felt
Keeping warm with the sheep
Teasing thread
Soaking the silk cocoons
Intricate work here.
Weaving tools in use
Wool spinning
Concentration on the job
Spinning by hand
Wool awaiting spinning
Close up of the spinning process
Wool spinning the traditional way.
Rope making by hand
Wool spinning by hand
Weaving or wool spinning, that is the question?
The sheep look neater!
Silk cocoons
Any ideas what he is doing here?
Intricate work
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