Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Finished felt hats
A happy weaver
Hand spinning
All keeping warm in the cold.
The pattern is progressing
Rope making by hand
Felt slippers
He looks warmer than the photographer.
Concentration on the job
Yarns ready for weaving
A proper sheepskin coat!
Wool half spun
A wool winder
Hand spinning
Drawing the silk threads
Yarns ready for weaving
Wool spinning the traditional way.
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
Very intricate wheels. What are they for?
There is a thread of some sort there.
Gathering something, but what?
Hand spinning
A flock of sheep
Not sure who has the warmer coat.
Unravelling the threads
Wool awaiting spinning
Drawing silk threads
The pile is going down
Making a felt hat
Teasing thread
Close up of the spinning process
Spinning and winding wool
Competing for the woolliest coat.
The sheep look neater!
Unwinding the silk strands
Silk larva and the cocoon
Weaving
A lot of wool to be spun
Silk cocoons
Hat moulds
Spinning by hand
Spinning wool by hand
There was a rope walk in the background here.
Weaving tools in use
Weaving
Wool working or rope making?
Spinning
Spinning
Rope making by hand
Keeping warm with the sheep
Felt hat making
Weaving in progress
Felt working
It looks a mess whatever it is.
Spinning
A wintry scene
Weaving
Hand spinning
Soaking the silk cocoons
A historical loom?
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
Hand spinning
Spinning by hand
Rope making the hard way
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