Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Spinning by hand
Not sure who has the warmer coat.
Inserting a coloured thread
Rope making the hard way
Spinning
A wintry scene
Teasing thread
Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Wool working or rope making?
A historical loom?
Hat moulds
Wool awaiting spinning
Yarns ready for weaving
Weaving
Finished felt hats
Making a felt hat
Soaking the silk cocoons
Weaving or wool spinning, that is the question?
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
Wool spinning
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
Gathering something, but what?
Wool waiting spinning
Rope making
spinning by hand
Weaving
Pressing the felt
Hand spinning
Teasing a thread of some sort
Hand spinning
Silk larva and the cocoon
Weaving in progress
Full length sheepskin coat
There is someone inside that!
Hand spinning
Weaver at work
Concentration!
A lot of wool to be spun
Rope making by hand
All keeping warm in the cold.
Spinning by hand
A silk moth.
Drawing the silk threads
wool spinning
Drawing silk threads
Wool spinning by hand
Felt hat making
A wool winder
Raw wool waiting to be spun.
The pile is going down
The sheep look neater!
Soaking the silk cocoons
Any ideas what he is doing here?
Balls of newly spun wool
Dressed for the weather.
Hand spinning
A happy weaver
Not the neatest but definitely the warmest.
Close up of the spinning process
Spinning wool by hand
There is a thread of some sort there.
Weaving tools in use
Weaving
The pattern is progressing
Wool spinning the traditional way.
A flock of sheep
There was a rope walk in the background here.
The raw material
Spinning
A fiddly job
Wool half spun
Knitting?
Intricate work
A proper sheepskin coat!
Yarns ready for weaving
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