Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Drawing the silk threads
A happy weaver
Dressed for the weather.
Wool spinning by hand
There is someone inside that!
Rope making
Weaving in progress
Silk cocoons
Wool spinning
Knitting?
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
A wool carder
A proper sheepskin coat!
Wool working or rope making?
Hand spinning
Close up of the spinning process
Hat moulds
Wool spinning
A fiddly job
Weaving or wool spinning, that is the question?
He looks warmer than the photographer.
Spinning
Soaking the silk cocoons
Balls of newly spun wool
Spinning
Pressing the felt
The pattern is progressing
Rope making the hard way
Wool spinning
Weaving in progress
A sheepskin collar and coat
Shaping the hat
Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Very intricate wheels. What are they for?
Full length sheepskin coat
Weaver at work
Silk larva and the cocoon
A silk moth.
Spinning by hand
Any ideas what he is doing here?
Making a felt hat
Wool awaiting spinning
Weaving
Rope making by hand
A lot of wool to be spun
Wool waiting spinning
Felt slippers
A wintry scene
It looks a mess whatever it is.
Intricate work
Spinning and winding wool
Starting a thread
Spinning
Unwinding the silk strands
All keeping warm in the cold.
Teasing thread
Drawing silk into skeins
Hand spinning
Not sure who has the warmer coat.
Concentration on the job
The raw material
Unravelling the threads
Yarns ready for weaving
Soaking the silk cocoons
Silk cocoons
Hat moulds
Silk being drawn into yarn
Finished felt hats
Wool spinning by hand
Spinning
Not the neatest but definitely the warmest.
Hand spinning
Spinning wool by hand
Concentration!
Intricate work here.
Weaving
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