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