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