Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Teasing a thread of some sort
Wool spinning
Weaving or wool spinning, that is the question?
Hand spinning
Wool spinning by hand
Balls of newly spun wool
Rope making the hard way
Hand spinning
Drawing silk threads
Weaving
spinning by hand
There was a rope walk in the background here.
All keeping warm in the cold.
Weaving
Spinning
Pressing the felt
Not sure who has the warmer coat.
Yarns ready for weaving
Yarns ready for weaving
A silk moth.
Weaving in progress
A historical loom?
Spinning
The raw material
The face of a man who knows how to keep warm.
Weaving
Raw wool waiting to be spun.
Hand spinning
Spinning by hand
Not the neatest but definitely the warmest.
Dressed for the weather.
Weaving in progress
Finished felt hats
A happy weaver
Rope making
Hat moulds
Soaking the silk cocoons
He looks warmer than the photographer.
Wool awaiting spinning
Weaving tools in use
Intricate work
There is a thread of some sort there.
Wool spinning by hand
Any ideas what he is doing here?
It looks a mess whatever it is.
wool spinning
Rope making by hand
Knitting
A lot of wool to be spun
A sheepskin collar and coat
Spinning
Felt slippers
Spinning
Concentration!
Inserting a coloured thread
Making a felt hat
Silk cocoons
Soaking the silk cocoons
Concentration on the job
Close up of the spinning process
A proper sheepskin coat!
A flock of sheep
Silk larva and the cocoon
Hand spinning
Silk being drawn into yarn
There is someone inside that!
Spinning and winding wool
Drawing silk into skeins
Wool spinning
The sheep look neater!
Rope making by hand
Wool spinning
A fiddly job
Drawing the silk threads
Spinning by hand
Unravelling the threads
Hat moulds
Inserting a thread
Spinning wool by hand
Wool working or rope making?
The pile is going down
Intricate work here.
Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Wool waiting spinning
Silk cocoons
Views
/110
Copyright of the photographs is held by Steve R. Salter and the Tools and Trades History Society and the photographs here are watermarked accordingly. Higher resolution unwatermarked images are available on application to TATHS at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. but any use of them must include a reference to Steve R. Salter as copyright holder and to TATHS.
