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