Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Weaving
The pile is going down
Wool waiting spinning
Hand spinning
Pressing the felt
Not sure who has the warmer coat.
Finished felt hats
Felt slippers
Spinning by hand
Wool half spun
A sheepskin collar and coat
A historical loom?
Wool spinning the traditional way.
Hat moulds
A proper sheepskin coat!
Rope making
There was a rope walk in the background here.
Dressed for the weather.
Wool awaiting spinning
The face of a man who knows how to keep warm.
Soaking the silk cocoons
The pattern is progressing
Weaving tools in use
Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Silk cocoons
There is someone inside that!
Spinning by hand
Felt working
Unwinding the silk strands
Wool spinning by hand
A silk moth.
Spinning
Spinning
The raw material
Knitting
Weaving or wool spinning, that is the question?
Hat moulds
Silk larva and the cocoon
Wool spinning
Drawing silk threads
A happy weaver
A wool winder
A wintry scene
Teasing thread
A flock of sheep
Weaving
All keeping warm in the cold.
Hand spinning
Shaping the hat
Very intricate wheels. What are they for?
wool spinning
Balls of newly spun wool
Inserting a coloured thread
A wool carder
Keeping warm with the sheep
Intricate work here.
Many threads being drawn into one
Wool working or rope making?
Any ideas what he is doing here?
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