Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Concentration!
Intricate work
wool spinning
Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Very intricate wheels. What are they for?
Weaving
Rope making
Teasing thread
Yarns ready for weaving
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
Close up of the spinning process
Making a felt hat
Rope making by hand
Weaving
A wintry scene
Wool working or rope making?
Felt hat making
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
Any ideas what he is doing here?
Inserting a coloured thread
A lot of wool to be spun
Silk cocoons
The face of a man who knows how to keep warm.
Spinning by hand
Hand spinning
Balls of newly spun wool
Inserting a thread
Drawing the silk threads
Weaver at work
Felt slippers
Spinning by hand
Dressed for the weather.
Hand spinning
He looks warmer than the photographer.
Rope making by hand
Raw wool waiting to be spun.
Wool awaiting spinning
The pattern is progressing
Spinning
Hand spinning
A sheepskin collar and coat
Not sure who has the warmer coat.
Hand spinning
A flock of sheep
Wool half spun
Wool spinning by hand
Drawing silk into skeins
Wool waiting spinning
Wool spinning the traditional way.
Hat moulds
Teasing a thread of some sort
Many threads being drawn into one
Concentration on the job
Soaking the silk cocoons
Knitting
Silk cocoons
Unravelling the threads
Weaving or wool spinning, that is the question?
The sheep look neater!
Felt slippers
Hand spinning
The pile is going down
A happy weaver
Silk larva and the cocoon
Weaving in progress
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