Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
Wool spinning
Yarns ready for weaving
It looks a mess whatever it is.
Drawing silk into skeins
Knitting
Weaving
The sheep look neater!
Making a felt hat
Hat moulds
Full length sheepskin coat
A historical loom?
Wool waiting spinning
Silk cocoons
Knitting?
Intricate work
Wool spinning by hand
Spinning and winding wool
Teasing thread
Weaving or wool spinning, that is the question?
Hand spinning
Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Wool spinning by hand
Concentration on the job
A wool carder
Drawing silk threads
Teasing a thread of some sort
A fiddly job
Soaking the silk cocoons
Felt slippers
A wool winder
Weaving
Weaving in progress
He looks warmer than the photographer.
Close up of the spinning process
Rope making the hard way
Felt working
Spinning
Rope making
Wool spinning the traditional way.
Rope making by hand
spinning by hand
Hand spinning
Concentration!
Silk cocoons
There was a rope walk in the background here.
Not sure who has the warmer coat.
Inserting a thread
A sheepskin collar and coat
Shaping the hat
The face of a man who knows how to keep warm.
wool spinning
Weaving tools in use
A silk moth.
Drawing the silk threads
Wool awaiting spinning
Weaving
Yarns ready for weaving
Hand spinning
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