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