Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
The pattern is progressing
Hand spinning
It looks a mess whatever it is.
Balls of newly spun wool
Silk cocoons
Wool half spun
Rope making by hand
Close up of the spinning process
Weaving tools in use
Gathering something, but what?
Teasing a thread of some sort
Spinning by hand
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
Hand spinning
A wintry scene
Wool spinning the traditional way.
Wool awaiting spinning
Keeping warm with the sheep
Silk cocoons
Felt slippers
Weaving or wool spinning, that is the question?
Hat moulds
Weaving
Rope making
Full length sheepskin coat
Silk being drawn into yarn
wool spinning
Weaving
Spinning
Teasing thread
Yarns ready for weaving
A silk moth.
Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Rope making by hand
Not sure who has the warmer coat.
Starting a thread
Wool spinning
Soaking the silk cocoons
A happy weaver
Many threads being drawn into one
Weaving in progress
Weaving
Spinning
Inserting a thread
Wool waiting spinning
Weaver at work
Wool spinning
Competing for the woolliest coat.
Spinning wool by hand
Spinning
A lot of wool to be spun
Knitting?
Drawing the silk threads
Very intricate wheels. What are they for?
A sheepskin collar and coat
Hand spinning
Pressing the felt
All keeping warm in the cold.
Unravelling the threads
Concentration!
Felt slippers
A historical loom?
Raw wool waiting to be spun.
Soaking the silk cocoons
Concentration on the job
A wool winder
Rope making the hard way
Hand spinning
Drawing silk into skeins
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
The pile is going down
Spinning by hand
A wool carder
Unwinding the silk strands
Making a felt hat
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