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