Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
A fiddly job
Wool spinning
Drawing silk threads
Rope making the hard way
Teasing thread
Intricate work
Knitting
Silk larva and the cocoon
Hat moulds
The sheep look neater!
wool spinning
Silk being drawn into yarn
Starting a thread
Keeping warm with the sheep
Weaving
Wool waiting spinning
Close up of the spinning process
The face of a man who knows how to keep warm.
Gathering something, but what?
Drawing the silk threads
Inserting a coloured thread
A silk moth.
A wool carder
Wool spinning
Spinning wool by hand
Felt hat making
Dressed for the weather.
Hand spinning
Pressing the felt
Full length sheepskin coat
Weaving or wool spinning, that is the question?
Finished felt hats
Hand spinning
Felt slippers
Unravelling the threads
Weaving
The pattern is progressing
Not the neatest but definitely the warmest.
The pile is going down
Hand spinning
Felt slippers
Spinning
Raw wool waiting to be spun.
Competing for the woolliest coat.
Concentration on the job
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
A happy weaver
Weaving
There is someone inside that!
Teasing a thread of some sort
Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Not sure who has the warmer coat.
Making a felt hat
Spinning
Wool half spun
Spinning
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
Shaping the hat
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