Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Intricate work here.
The pile is going down
Starting a thread
A wool winder
Wool awaiting spinning
Soaking the silk cocoons
Any ideas what he is doing here?
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
Shaping the hat
Hat moulds
Silk cocoons
There was a rope walk in the background here.
Inserting a thread
Weaving
A sheepskin collar and coat
Inserting a coloured thread
Hand spinning
Wool spinning
Close up of the spinning process
Wool spinning by hand
Weaving
Weaving tools in use
All keeping warm in the cold.
Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Hand spinning
A wool carder
Silk being drawn into yarn
A happy weaver
Spinning
Drawing silk threads
Felt slippers
A fiddly job
Hat moulds
Rope making by hand
Felt slippers
Unwinding the silk strands
Hand spinning
Silk larva and the cocoon
Raw wool waiting to be spun.
Unravelling the threads
Wool half spun
spinning by hand
Felt working
Yarns ready for weaving
Intricate work
Weaving in progress
Knitting?
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