Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
A lot of wool to be spun
Starting a thread
Weaver at work
Wool spinning the traditional way.
A silk moth.
Concentration!
Finished felt hats
Knitting
Felt hat making
Weaving
Inserting a coloured thread
Shaping the hat
Inserting a thread
Full length sheepskin coat
The face of a man who knows how to keep warm.
Keeping warm with the sheep
Drawing silk into skeins
Hand spinning
A wintry scene
Gathering something, but what?
Hat moulds
Weaving tools in use
Hand spinning
Knitting?
A sheepskin collar and coat
Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
A flock of sheep
Spinning by hand
Felt working
Rope making by hand
Teasing thread
Hat moulds
The pile is going down
Close up of the spinning process
Intricate work here.
Spinning and winding wool
A historical loom?
Very intricate wheels. What are they for?
A wool winder
Weaving in progress
Yarns ready for weaving
Drawing silk threads
Spinning
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
Pressing the felt
Spinning
Rope making by hand
Wool spinning
Dressed for the weather.
The raw material
Rope making the hard way
Competing for the woolliest coat.
Not the neatest but definitely the warmest.
Wool working or rope making?
Spinning
Concentration on the job
A proper sheepskin coat!
spinning by hand
He looks warmer than the photographer.
Making a felt hat
Spinning by hand
There is someone inside that!
There was a rope walk in the background here.
Silk cocoons
Silk cocoons
Weaving in progress
Raw wool waiting to be spun.
It looks a mess whatever it is.
Wool spinning by hand
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