Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Unwinding the silk strands
A happy weaver
Hand spinning
Concentration!
Making a felt hat
Knitting
Rope making by hand
Wool spinning
Wool working or rope making?
Rope making
Unravelling the threads
Intricate work
The sheep look neater!
There is a thread of some sort there.
Hat moulds
There was a rope walk in the background here.
Wool spinning by hand
There is someone inside that!
Finished felt hats
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
Wool waiting spinning
Weaving in progress
A flock of sheep
Yarns ready for weaving
Spinning by hand
Weaving
Weaving
Shaping the hat
Spinning
Felt hat making
Teasing a thread of some sort
Intricate work here.
Inserting a coloured thread
Gathering something, but what?
Rope making by hand
Any ideas what he is doing here?
Wool spinning
Very intricate wheels. What are they for?
Knitting?
A wool winder
Silk being drawn into yarn
Spinning by hand
Pressing the felt
Hand spinning
Rope making the hard way
Dressed for the weather.
Raw wool waiting to be spun.
Wool awaiting spinning
Felt slippers
Weaving tools in use
Concentration on the job
A silk moth.
A historical loom?
A wool carder
Drawing silk into skeins
Wool half spun
Hand spinning
Spinning
The pattern is progressing
The pile is going down
Hand spinning
Weaving or wool spinning, that is the question?
Wool spinning the traditional way.
Drawing the silk threads
Silk larva and the cocoon
Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
A sheepskin collar and coat
Close up of the spinning process
The face of a man who knows how to keep warm.
A fiddly job
Balls of newly spun wool
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
Wool spinning by hand
A wintry scene
Not sure who has the warmer coat.
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