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