Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
A fiddly job
A wool carder
Full length sheepskin coat
Soaking the silk cocoons
Yarns ready for weaving
Inserting a thread
Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
There was a rope walk in the background here.
Wool spinning
Yarns ready for weaving
Hand spinning
There is someone inside that!
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
A historical loom?
Very intricate wheels. What are they for?
A lot of wool to be spun
Pressing the felt
Wool spinning the traditional way.
Unwinding the silk strands
Silk cocoons
Rope making the hard way
Weaving in progress
Felt slippers
Hand spinning
Concentration on the job
A wintry scene
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