Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Rope making by hand
Wool half spun
Shaping the hat
Rope making the hard way
A fiddly job
Competing for the woolliest coat.
Intricate work here.
Spinning
Wool spinning
spinning by hand
The raw material
Wool waiting spinning
Not sure who has the warmer coat.
Teasing thread
Weaving or wool spinning, that is the question?
Unwinding the silk strands
Rope making
A wool winder
Concentration!
Making a felt hat
Drawing the silk threads
A happy weaver
Pressing the felt
Starting a thread
Inserting a coloured thread
Felt slippers
Full length sheepskin coat
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Spinning and winding wool
Felt slippers
Wool spinning
Felt working
The sheep look neater!
Very intricate wheels. What are they for?
Drawing silk into skeins
Inserting a thread
A lot of wool to be spun
Unravelling the threads
Spinning
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