Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Dressed for the weather.
wool spinning
Rope making
A silk moth.
Gathering something, but what?
A historical loom?
Silk cocoons
He looks warmer than the photographer.
Drawing silk threads
Rope making the hard way
Keeping warm with the sheep
Any ideas what he is doing here?
Wool working or rope making?
Competing for the woolliest coat.
All keeping warm in the cold.
Concentration on the job
A fiddly job
Knitting?
Weaving
It looks a mess whatever it is.
Not the neatest but definitely the warmest.
Spinning
Inserting a thread
Felt slippers
A proper sheepskin coat!
Spinning by hand
The raw material
Intricate work here.
A wool carder
Silk larva and the cocoon
A wintry scene
The pile is going down
Hand spinning
Spinning
Weaving or wool spinning, that is the question?
Soaking the silk cocoons
Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
The face of a man who knows how to keep warm.
A wool winder
Wool spinning by hand
Hand spinning
Wool half spun
There is a thread of some sort there.
Raw wool waiting to be spun.
Wool spinning
Felt working
Making a felt hat
Spinning
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
Felt hat making
Full length sheepskin coat
Wool spinning the traditional way.
Drawing the silk threads
Pressing the felt
Weaving
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