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