Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Felt slippers
The face of a man who knows how to keep warm.
Weaver at work
Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Yarns ready for weaving
Close up of the spinning process
Wool spinning
Silk being drawn into yarn
Knitting?
Yarns ready for weaving
The pattern is progressing
Hand spinning
Weaving or wool spinning, that is the question?
Weaving
The raw material
Wool spinning
Knitting
Inserting a thread
Concentration!
Weaving
A sheepskin collar and coat
wool spinning
Any ideas what he is doing here?
Gathering something, but what?
Hat moulds
A proper sheepskin coat!
Silk cocoons
spinning by hand
A lot of wool to be spun
Balls of newly spun wool
Soaking the silk cocoons
Spinning by hand
There is a thread of some sort there.
A happy weaver
Dressed for the weather.
Hat moulds
Finished felt hats
Spinning
Weaving in progress
Making a felt hat
Hand spinning
Spinning by hand
Weaving
Spinning
Hand spinning
Felt hat making
Pressing the felt
There was a rope walk in the background here.
Intricate work
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
Wool awaiting spinning
Many threads being drawn into one
Rope making by hand
A fiddly job
Hand spinning
Spinning and winding wool
Drawing silk into skeins
Drawing silk threads
A wool winder
Spinning
Wool spinning by hand
Not sure who has the warmer coat.
The sheep look neater!
A silk moth.
A historical loom?
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