Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Spinning wool by hand
A wool carder
spinning by hand
Wool spinning
Silk cocoons
Spinning by hand
Wool spinning
Spinning
Knitting
wool spinning
Hand spinning
Very intricate wheels. What are they for?
A wintry scene
Shaping the hat
Inserting a coloured thread
Weaving tools in use
A lot of wool to be spun
Wool spinning
A flock of sheep
Felt hat making
Many threads being drawn into one
Raw wool waiting to be spun.
Rope making
Drawing silk threads
Concentration on the job
Wool awaiting spinning
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
A proper sheepskin coat!
Yarns ready for weaving
Soaking the silk cocoons
Intricate work
Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Hand spinning
Concentration!
Teasing a thread of some sort
The pattern is progressing
Keeping warm with the sheep
Wool half spun
The raw material
Rope making by hand
Spinning by hand
A sheepskin collar and coat
Not sure who has the warmer coat.
Wool waiting spinning
Competing for the woolliest coat.
Rope making the hard way
Any ideas what he is doing here?
Full length sheepskin coat
Close up of the spinning process
Making a felt hat
Hat moulds
Rope making by hand
A silk moth.
Starting a thread
Spinning
Intricate work here.
Drawing silk into skeins
Weaving in progress
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