Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
There is someone inside that!
Spinning
The pattern is progressing
Spinning
Pressing the felt
Spinning by hand
Competing for the woolliest coat.
Felt slippers
Finished felt hats
Felt working
The sheep look neater!
A sheepskin collar and coat
Knitting
Wool half spun
Balls of newly spun wool
A wintry scene
Starting a thread
Silk cocoons
Weaving in progress
Weaver at work
Wool spinning
Unravelling the threads
Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
Silk being drawn into yarn
There is a thread of some sort there.
Silk larva and the cocoon
Wool spinning
Soaking the silk cocoons
Wool waiting spinning
Yarns ready for weaving
Drawing the silk threads
Teasing a thread of some sort
Drawing silk threads
Dressed for the weather.
Hand spinning
Hand spinning
Unwinding the silk strands
Intricate work here.
Concentration!
Soaking the silk cocoons
Weaving tools in use
Weaving
A fiddly job
Intricate work
Spinning and winding wool
Hand spinning
Wool spinning by hand
Spinning wool by hand
Hat moulds
A wool winder
Not sure who has the warmer coat.
Rope making the hard way
Spinning
The raw material
Felt hat making
Rope making
He looks warmer than the photographer.
Very intricate wheels. What are they for?
Making a felt hat
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
Close up of the spinning process
Shaping the hat
Not the neatest but definitely the warmest.
Wool awaiting spinning
Many threads being drawn into one
Hand spinning
Rope making by hand
A flock of sheep
Weaving
It looks a mess whatever it is.
spinning by hand
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