Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Hand spinning
Shaping the hat
Spinning wool by hand
Soaking the silk cocoons
Any ideas what he is doing here?
Inserting a coloured thread
Wool waiting spinning
A silk moth.
Knitting
A historical loom?
Hat moulds
A lot of wool to be spun
Spinning
Hand spinning
The pile is going down
Hand spinning
Not the neatest but definitely the warmest.
spinning by hand
A sheepskin collar and coat
He looks warmer than the photographer.
Intricate work here.
Silk larva and the cocoon
Making a felt hat
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
Full length sheepskin coat
A wool carder
Not sure who has the warmer coat.
The sheep look neater!
Wool spinning
Hand spinning
Felt slippers
Teasing a thread of some sort
Wool awaiting spinning
Wool spinning the traditional way.
Dressed for the weather.
Keeping warm with the sheep
A flock of sheep
Spinning by hand
A wintry scene
A happy weaver
Wool spinning
Weaving tools in use
Silk cocoons
Drawing the silk threads
A proper sheepskin coat!
Balls of newly spun wool
Knitting?
Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Drawing silk into skeins
Hand spinning
Close up of the spinning process
There is a thread of some sort there.
Spinning
Wool spinning
Silk cocoons
Weaving
Pressing the felt
Raw wool waiting to be spun.
Spinning
Finished felt hats
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