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