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