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