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