Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
A silk moth.
Raw wool waiting to be spun.
Spinning by hand
Silk being drawn into yarn
Weaving
Felt hat making
A wool winder
A wool carder
Spinning and winding wool
Inserting a coloured thread
Felt slippers
Silk cocoons
Full length sheepskin coat
Keeping warm with the sheep
Competing for the woolliest coat.
Spinning by hand
Unwinding the silk strands
Not sure who has the warmer coat.
Wool awaiting spinning
Concentration!
Intricate work here.
Felt slippers
Soaking the silk cocoons
Dressed for the weather.
The raw material
Inserting a thread
Many threads being drawn into one
A wintry scene
Weaving
Knitting?
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
Rope making
It looks a mess whatever it is.
Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Close up of the spinning process
Spinning
Hand spinning
Any ideas what he is doing here?
Weaving or wool spinning, that is the question?
Shaping the hat
Teasing a thread of some sort
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
Hat moulds
Hand spinning
Making a felt hat
Rope making by hand
Teasing thread
A flock of sheep
Silk larva and the cocoon
Wool spinning
A proper sheepskin coat!
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