Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Competing for the woolliest coat.
There is someone inside that!
Spinning wool by hand
Weaving in progress
Close up of the spinning process
Felt slippers
Starting a thread
There was a rope walk in the background here.
A lot of wool to be spun
Knitting
Concentration on the job
Inserting a thread
Shaping the hat
Gathering something, but what?
Knitting?
Spinning by hand
Keeping warm with the sheep
Rope making by hand
A silk moth.
Drawing the silk threads
Inserting a coloured thread
Balls of newly spun wool
Pressing the felt
Any ideas what he is doing here?
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
The raw material
Felt slippers
He looks warmer than the photographer.
It looks a mess whatever it is.
Wool spinning the traditional way.
Rope making
Silk larva and the cocoon
Drawing silk into skeins
Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Very intricate wheels. What are they for?
Wool spinning by hand
The pattern is progressing
A flock of sheep
Silk cocoons
Rope making by hand
Felt hat making
Teasing thread
Not sure who has the warmer coat.
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