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