Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Spinning
Dressed for the weather.
Wool spinning
Pressing the felt
Wool spinning
Weaving tools in use
spinning by hand
There is a thread of some sort there.
A historical loom?
Hand spinning
Yarns ready for weaving
Spinning wool by hand
A wool winder
Rope making the hard way
Hat moulds
The sheep look neater!
Felt hat making
Very intricate wheels. What are they for?
Inserting a thread
A fiddly job
Weaver at work
A lot of wool to be spun
Drawing the silk threads
A proper sheepskin coat!
Spinning and winding wool
Intricate work here.
Keeping warm with the sheep
Wool spinning by hand
Many threads being drawn into one
A flock of sheep
Gathering something, but what?
Wool awaiting spinning
Unravelling the threads
Teasing thread
Silk cocoons
It looks a mess whatever it is.
A silk moth.
Knitting?
Spinning by hand
Wool working or rope making?
Hand spinning
Silk being drawn into yarn
Rope making by hand
Soaking the silk cocoons
The pattern is progressing
Weaving
Silk cocoons
A sheepskin collar and coat
Drawing silk threads
Finished felt hats
wool spinning
Wool waiting spinning
Wool spinning the traditional way.
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
Spinning
Inserting a coloured thread
Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Wool spinning by hand
Balls of newly spun wool
Soaking the silk cocoons
All keeping warm in the cold.
Starting a thread
Felt slippers
Unwinding the silk strands
Hand spinning
The raw material
The face of a man who knows how to keep warm.
Concentration on the job
Teasing a thread of some sort
Hand spinning
Spinning
Hand spinning
A happy weaver
Intricate work
Rope making by hand
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