Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Wool spinning
Hat moulds
Felt slippers
Spinning by hand
Weaving or wool spinning, that is the question?
Intricate work here.
Weaver at work
There was a rope walk in the background here.
Balls of newly spun wool
Silk larva and the cocoon
Concentration!
The raw material
Making a felt hat
Finished felt hats
A happy weaver
Spinning
Shaping the hat
Wool spinning by hand
Weaving
A fiddly job
Knitting?
Spinning
A silk moth.
Hat moulds
Spinning by hand
Felt slippers
The pile is going down
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
Spinning wool by hand
Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Weaving
The face of a man who knows how to keep warm.
Yarns ready for weaving
Inserting a coloured thread
Spinning
A wool winder
Wool working or rope making?
All keeping warm in the cold.
Knitting
Yarns ready for weaving
Not the neatest but definitely the warmest.
A wool carder
Concentration on the job
Pressing the felt
A historical loom?
Competing for the woolliest coat.
Spinning
Hand spinning
Wool half spun
There is someone inside that!
Silk cocoons
Weaving in progress
Not sure who has the warmer coat.
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