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