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