Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Knitting
A sheepskin collar and coat
A wintry scene
Gathering something, but what?
Wool working or rope making?
Hand spinning
Weaving in progress
Rope making by hand
Weaver at work
Soaking the silk cocoons
Balls of newly spun wool
Spinning wool by hand
Starting a thread
Very intricate wheels. What are they for?
Rope making by hand
A wool carder
Unravelling the threads
Teasing thread
Felt hat making
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
Weaving in progress
A happy weaver
Silk cocoons
Wool half spun
Hat moulds
Silk being drawn into yarn
The face of a man who knows how to keep warm.
Wool spinning the traditional way.
Rope making
Hand spinning
Yarns ready for weaving
Felt slippers
Intricate work
All keeping warm in the cold.
Drawing silk into skeins
The pattern is progressing
A lot of wool to be spun
Yarns ready for weaving
Spinning
A historical loom?
Weaving
Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Hat moulds
A wool winder
There is someone inside that!
Shaping the hat
Wool waiting spinning
Concentration on the job
Full length sheepskin coat
The pile is going down
Wool spinning by hand
There is a thread of some sort there.
Hand spinning
Wool spinning
Wool spinning by hand
wool spinning
Felt working
Wool spinning
Finished felt hats
A flock of sheep
Soaking the silk cocoons
Spinning by hand
Any ideas what he is doing here?
He looks warmer than the photographer.
Felt slippers
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