Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Hat moulds
Silk cocoons
Competing for the woolliest coat.
The pattern is progressing
Unravelling the threads
A flock of sheep
Weaving
Rope making
Hat moulds
It looks a mess whatever it is.
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
A lot of wool to be spun
Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
There is a thread of some sort there.
Spinning
Many threads being drawn into one
Pressing the felt
Knitting?
Wool waiting spinning
Unwinding the silk strands
A happy weaver
Weaving tools in use
Shaping the hat
wool spinning
A sheepskin collar and coat
Drawing the silk threads
spinning by hand
Rope making the hard way
Weaving
Felt slippers
Starting a thread
Very intricate wheels. What are they for?
The sheep look neater!
Hand spinning
Intricate work
All keeping warm in the cold.
There was a rope walk in the background here.
Spinning and winding wool
A wintry scene
A wool carder
Drawing silk threads
Gathering something, but what?
Wool spinning
Not sure who has the warmer coat.
Making a felt hat
Knitting
A historical loom?
Soaking the silk cocoons
Soaking the silk cocoons
The raw material
Weaving
Dressed for the weather.
He looks warmer than the photographer.
Weaving in progress
Wool spinning the traditional way.
Rope making by hand
Yarns ready for weaving
Wool spinning by hand
The pile is going down
Inserting a coloured thread
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
Wool awaiting spinning
Close up of the spinning process
Raw wool waiting to be spun.
Wool spinning
A wool winder
Balls of newly spun wool
Wool working or rope making?
Inserting a thread
Weaving or wool spinning, that is the question?
Hand spinning
Felt hat making
Spinning
Weaver at work
Felt slippers
Wool spinning by hand
Hand spinning
Teasing thread
Concentration on the job
Yarns ready for weaving
Keeping warm with the sheep
Teasing a thread of some sort
Rope making by hand
Full length sheepskin coat
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