Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Spinning
Spinning
Weaving
Balls of newly spun wool
Rope making by hand
Spinning by hand
There is someone inside that!
Wool spinning
Rope making
Rope making the hard way
The face of a man who knows how to keep warm.
Inserting a thread
It looks a mess whatever it is.
Soaking the silk cocoons
The pattern is progressing
Drawing silk into skeins
Wool waiting spinning
Weaving tools in use
Spinning by hand
Gathering something, but what?
Intricate work here.
Hand spinning
Rope making by hand
Yarns ready for weaving
Weaving in progress
A wool winder
Inserting a coloured thread
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
Dressed for the weather.
Wool spinning
A silk moth.
Weaving in progress
Spinning
Hat moulds
Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Wool half spun
Yarns ready for weaving
Knitting?
Felt slippers
Unwinding the silk strands
Wool spinning the traditional way.
Starting a thread
Wool working or rope making?
Hand spinning
Concentration!
A historical loom?
Competing for the woolliest coat.
A proper sheepskin coat!
Hand spinning
Wool awaiting spinning
Felt hat making
The raw material
Wool spinning
Unravelling the threads
Hand spinning
A fiddly job
Not the neatest but definitely the warmest.
Intricate work
Weaving
Very intricate wheels. What are they for?
The sheep look neater!
Knitting
Wool spinning by hand
Weaver at work
Raw wool waiting to be spun.
Spinning wool by hand
Soaking the silk cocoons
All keeping warm in the cold.
Hat moulds
Full length sheepskin coat
A flock of sheep
A wool carder
Silk being drawn into yarn
Shaping the hat
Silk cocoons
A wintry scene
Pressing the felt
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
Silk larva and the cocoon
Wool spinning by hand
Silk cocoons
A sheepskin collar and coat
Drawing the silk threads
He looks warmer than the photographer.
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