Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Silk cocoons
Silk larva and the cocoon
A proper sheepskin coat!
Weaving
Wool spinning by hand
Balls of newly spun wool
Wool spinning
Wool half spun
Rope making by hand
Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Wool spinning
Wool spinning the traditional way.
Rope making the hard way
Concentration on the job
Gathering something, but what?
Weaving
Hand spinning
Pressing the felt
There is someone inside that!
Drawing silk threads
A sheepskin collar and coat
Shaping the hat
A historical loom?
The sheep look neater!
Weaving in progress
Hand spinning
The face of a man who knows how to keep warm.
Spinning and winding wool
It looks a mess whatever it is.
Yarns ready for weaving
Silk cocoons
The raw material
A wintry scene
Intricate work here.
Teasing a thread of some sort
Soaking the silk cocoons
Raw wool waiting to be spun.
A wool carder
Yarns ready for weaving
Felt slippers
Finished felt hats
Rope making by hand
Inserting a coloured thread
Close up of the spinning process
Wool awaiting spinning
Weaving in progress
Hand spinning
A lot of wool to be spun
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