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