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