Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Felt slippers
Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Teasing thread
Spinning by hand
Hat moulds
Silk being drawn into yarn
Silk cocoons
Spinning and winding wool
Unwinding the silk strands
Wool awaiting spinning
Spinning
Starting a thread
Felt slippers
Competing for the woolliest coat.
Weaving in progress
Making a felt hat
Wool working or rope making?
Any ideas what he is doing here?
Rope making
A fiddly job
A sheepskin collar and coat
Hand spinning
It looks a mess whatever it is.
Finished felt hats
Raw wool waiting to be spun.
Wool spinning the traditional way.
Yarns ready for weaving
A silk moth.
Weaver at work
There is someone inside that!
Pressing the felt
Gathering something, but what?
Not sure who has the warmer coat.
Intricate work
Rope making by hand
Wool spinning
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