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