Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Hat moulds
Spinning
A fiddly job
Unravelling the threads
Spinning by hand
Spinning
Weaving in progress
Drawing silk into skeins
Silk larva and the cocoon
Silk cocoons
Full length sheepskin coat
Drawing the silk threads
Hand spinning
Teasing thread
Weaving or wool spinning, that is the question?
spinning by hand
Raw wool waiting to be spun.
It looks a mess whatever it is.
Unwinding the silk strands
Wool half spun
Felt working
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
A proper sheepskin coat!
Hat moulds
There was a rope walk in the background here.
Hand spinning
There is someone inside that!
Concentration!
Wool working or rope making?
Hand spinning
Spinning wool by hand
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
Rope making the hard way
Wool awaiting spinning
wool spinning
Making a felt hat
Wool spinning by hand
Rope making by hand
Very intricate wheels. What are they for?
Shaping the hat
Knitting
Knitting?
The pattern is progressing
Yarns ready for weaving
The raw material
The sheep look neater!
Spinning
There is a thread of some sort there.
All keeping warm in the cold.
Concentration on the job
Intricate work here.
A wool winder
Felt hat making
The face of a man who knows how to keep warm.
Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
A lot of wool to be spun
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