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