Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Wool working or rope making?
Drawing silk threads
Spinning by hand
There is someone inside that!
Wool half spun
Spinning
Wool spinning
Felt slippers
Pressing the felt
Silk cocoons
A proper sheepskin coat!
Wool spinning
Rope making the hard way
Very intricate wheels. What are they for?
Silk cocoons
Competing for the woolliest coat.
Weaving
Drawing silk into skeins
Silk larva and the cocoon
Wool spinning by hand
Rope making by hand
Unravelling the threads
Not the neatest but definitely the warmest.
Weaving in progress
Inserting a coloured thread
The raw material
Spinning by hand
A happy weaver
Yarns ready for weaving
Soaking the silk cocoons
Felt working
A flock of sheep
Rope making
Concentration!
Spinning wool by hand
Weaver at work
Any ideas what he is doing here?
Yarns ready for weaving
Teasing thread
Wool awaiting spinning
Hand spinning
The sheep look neater!
Spinning
Silk being drawn into yarn
Wool spinning by hand
Spinning and winding wool
Weaving in progress
The pile is going down
Finished felt hats
A historical loom?
Spinning
Teasing a thread of some sort
Not sure who has the warmer coat.
Unwinding the silk strands
There is a thread of some sort there.
A fiddly job
wool spinning
Knitting
Keeping warm with the sheep
Knitting?
Hand spinning
Weaving
Hat moulds
A silk moth.
Intricate work
Shaping the hat
Dressed for the weather.
Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Wool spinning
Drawing the silk threads
It looks a mess whatever it is.
Hand spinning
spinning by hand
Hand spinning
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
A wool winder
Felt slippers
He looks warmer than the photographer.
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