Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
A wintry scene
Hand spinning
Close up of the spinning process
Keeping warm with the sheep
Spinning
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
Wool spinning by hand
Silk larva and the cocoon
A happy weaver
Teasing thread
Knitting
Drawing silk threads
Wool spinning
Soaking the silk cocoons
Hand spinning
A wool carder
Knitting?
Hand spinning
Felt slippers
Concentration!
Weaving
Intricate work here.
Full length sheepskin coat
Rope making the hard way
Spinning wool by hand
Starting a thread
A lot of wool to be spun
Silk cocoons
Weaving in progress
Soaking the silk cocoons
Wool awaiting spinning
It looks a mess whatever it is.
spinning by hand
The pile is going down
Spinning
Shaping the hat
Spinning and winding wool
Drawing silk into skeins
He looks warmer than the photographer.
Balls of newly spun wool
Making a felt hat
Wool working or rope making?
Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
Pressing the felt
Felt slippers
Concentration on the job
Teasing a thread of some sort
Spinning by hand
Felt working
Not sure who has the warmer coat.
Rope making by hand
Any ideas what he is doing here?
Wool spinning
A flock of sheep
A sheepskin collar and coat
Wool spinning
Unravelling the threads
Weaver at work
A wool winder
Hat moulds
Wool spinning the traditional way.
Weaving or wool spinning, that is the question?
Raw wool waiting to be spun.
Hat moulds
A fiddly job
Weaving in progress
Felt hat making
Inserting a thread
The sheep look neater!
The raw material
Yarns ready for weaving
Dressed for the weather.
wool spinning
Spinning by hand
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