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