Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Intricate work
Weaving or wool spinning, that is the question?
Hat moulds
The pattern is progressing
There is a thread of some sort there.
There is someone inside that!
Wool spinning by hand
Silk cocoons
A lot of wool to be spun
A proper sheepskin coat!
Drawing the silk threads
Dressed for the weather.
Wool waiting spinning
Starting a thread
A wool carder
Very intricate wheels. What are they for?
Weaving in progress
Weaving
Weaver at work
Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Weaving
Teasing thread
Keeping warm with the sheep
Spinning
Felt slippers
Hat moulds
Spinning wool by hand
Rope making the hard way
Rope making by hand
Inserting a coloured thread
Hand spinning
Wool spinning
Competing for the woolliest coat.
Concentration!
A wintry scene
Rope making by hand
A wool winder
Soaking the silk cocoons
The pile is going down
Hand spinning
Spinning
Wool awaiting spinning
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
Yarns ready for weaving
There was a rope walk in the background here.
Unwinding the silk strands
Knitting
Felt hat making
Wool spinning
Weaving in progress
A sheepskin collar and coat
Hand spinning
Weaving tools in use
The sheep look neater!
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