Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Spinning
Hand spinning
Weaving
Wool awaiting spinning
Hat moulds
Keeping warm with the sheep
Rope making by hand
He looks warmer than the photographer.
Wool spinning the traditional way.
Hat moulds
Silk being drawn into yarn
A happy weaver
Hand spinning
Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Yarns ready for weaving
Intricate work here.
Wool working or rope making?
Rope making
Weaving in progress
Spinning and winding wool
Felt hat making
Wool spinning by hand
Making a felt hat
Weaving or wool spinning, that is the question?
The raw material
Not sure who has the warmer coat.
Concentration!
Rope making by hand
A sheepskin collar and coat
Unravelling the threads
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
Wool spinning
Spinning wool by hand
Spinning by hand
Spinning
Teasing a thread of some sort
There was a rope walk in the background here.
The pile is going down
Finished felt hats
Hand spinning
Rope making the hard way
Wool half spun
Balls of newly spun wool
Concentration on the job
Intricate work
A proper sheepskin coat!
A wool carder
Felt working
A silk moth.
Teasing thread
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