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