Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Hand spinning
Silk cocoons
Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Intricate work here.
A wintry scene
Finished felt hats
Spinning
A flock of sheep
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
A silk moth.
Spinning and winding wool
He looks warmer than the photographer.
Unwinding the silk strands
Teasing thread
Rope making
Any ideas what he is doing here?
Felt working
Drawing silk into skeins
Hat moulds
Unravelling the threads
Many threads being drawn into one
Starting a thread
Weaver at work
Rope making the hard way
Silk cocoons
A wool winder
Weaving in progress
Soaking the silk cocoons
All keeping warm in the cold.
Raw wool waiting to be spun.
Drawing the silk threads
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
The sheep look neater!
Silk larva and the cocoon
Close up of the spinning process
A proper sheepskin coat!
Knitting
The raw material
Keeping warm with the sheep
Wool half spun
The pattern is progressing
Competing for the woolliest coat.
Weaving
Wool spinning
A wool carder
Wool spinning
There was a rope walk in the background here.
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