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