Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
A lot of wool to be spun
spinning by hand
All keeping warm in the cold.
Hat moulds
Making a felt hat
Dressed for the weather.
A silk moth.
Very intricate wheels. What are they for?
Not sure who has the warmer coat.
Wool spinning by hand
A sheepskin collar and coat
Unravelling the threads
The pattern is progressing
Keeping warm with the sheep
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
Raw wool waiting to be spun.
A proper sheepskin coat!
Starting a thread
Wool awaiting spinning
A flock of sheep
Wool spinning the traditional way.
Concentration!
Teasing thread
Spinning
Weaving tools in use
Spinning wool by hand
Spinning
Hand spinning
Any ideas what he is doing here?
Hand spinning
Soaking the silk cocoons
Rope making by hand
Wool half spun
Gathering something, but what?
Finished felt hats
Hat moulds
Balls of newly spun wool
Competing for the woolliest coat.
Soaking the silk cocoons
The raw material
Rope making by hand
There is a thread of some sort there.
Full length sheepskin coat
Drawing silk into skeins
It looks a mess whatever it is.
He looks warmer than the photographer.
Weaving in progress
Wool spinning
Inserting a thread
There is someone inside that!
Spinning
The sheep look neater!
Inserting a coloured thread
Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Not the neatest but definitely the warmest.
Yarns ready for weaving
Silk larva and the cocoon
A historical loom?
Weaving
Knitting?
Silk cocoons
A wintry scene
Drawing the silk threads
Knitting
Pressing the felt
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