Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Spinning wool by hand
Drawing silk threads
Wool spinning by hand
Wool half spun
Not sure who has the warmer coat.
Silk being drawn into yarn
Wool spinning by hand
Knitting?
Intricate work here.
Drawing the silk threads
Weaving
Concentration on the job
A proper sheepskin coat!
A silk moth.
Dressed for the weather.
Many threads being drawn into one
Felt slippers
Competing for the woolliest coat.
Wool spinning
Silk cocoons
Wool waiting spinning
Spinning
Rope making the hard way
Spinning
Any ideas what he is doing here?
The sheep look neater!
Concentration!
Soaking the silk cocoons
Wool awaiting spinning
Rope making
Balls of newly spun wool
Raw wool waiting to be spun.
Weaving or wool spinning, that is the question?
Yarns ready for weaving
spinning by hand
wool spinning
Finished felt hats
Felt slippers
Rope making by hand
Intricate work
Yarns ready for weaving
Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Hand spinning
Hand spinning
It looks a mess whatever it is.
Hand spinning
Not the neatest but definitely the warmest.
Keeping warm with the sheep
A wool carder
A fiddly job
Gathering something, but what?
Making a felt hat
Spinning
Spinning
Full length sheepskin coat
Rope making by hand
Knitting
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
Inserting a coloured thread
Teasing thread
Weaving in progress
Unravelling the threads
Felt hat making
Spinning by hand
Wool working or rope making?
A wintry scene
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