Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
A happy weaver
Silk larva and the cocoon
Close up of the spinning process
Wool spinning the traditional way.
Hat moulds
Spinning
All keeping warm in the cold.
Teasing thread
He looks warmer than the photographer.
Hand spinning
Spinning and winding wool
Felt slippers
Full length sheepskin coat
Yarns ready for weaving
A wintry scene
Wool spinning
Silk cocoons
Felt slippers
Wool working or rope making?
Silk being drawn into yarn
Unwinding the silk strands
Any ideas what he is doing here?
Intricate work here.
Not sure who has the warmer coat.
Spinning
Wool spinning
The face of a man who knows how to keep warm.
Making a felt hat
Not the neatest but definitely the warmest.
Weaving
Gathering something, but what?
Wool spinning by hand
Felt working
Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
A historical loom?
spinning by hand
Balls of newly spun wool
Weaving tools in use
Concentration!
A wool winder
Rope making by hand
Unravelling the threads
Spinning
A flock of sheep
Weaving or wool spinning, that is the question?
Rope making by hand
Keeping warm with the sheep
Spinning by hand
Raw wool waiting to be spun.
Wool spinning by hand
Finished felt hats
Many threads being drawn into one
Spinning wool by hand
A sheepskin collar and coat
Hand spinning
Inserting a coloured thread
Soaking the silk cocoons
Weaving
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
Wool awaiting spinning
There is a thread of some sort there.
Knitting
Spinning
There is someone inside that!
Silk cocoons
Weaving
Rope making
Knitting?
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