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