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