Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Pressing the felt
Felt hat making
A wintry scene
Yarns ready for weaving
Weaving in progress
Spinning
Finished felt hats
A silk moth.
Weaving or wool spinning, that is the question?
Knitting
Felt slippers
Shaping the hat
Not sure who has the warmer coat.
There was a rope walk in the background here.
Teasing thread
Intricate work here.
Hand spinning
Full length sheepskin coat
The face of a man who knows how to keep warm.
Drawing silk threads
Silk cocoons
Hat moulds
Inserting a thread
A proper sheepskin coat!
Starting a thread
Dressed for the weather.
Rope making by hand
A happy weaver
Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
spinning by hand
Wool spinning
Gathering something, but what?
Spinning
Weaving
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
There is someone inside that!
Knitting?
Unravelling the threads
Hand spinning
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
Any ideas what he is doing here?
Concentration!
A flock of sheep
Spinning by hand
Weaving in progress
Rope making
Felt slippers
A wool carder
Hand spinning
Soaking the silk cocoons
Spinning
Keeping warm with the sheep
Hand spinning
He looks warmer than the photographer.
Competing for the woolliest coat.
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