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