Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
The sheep look neater!
Inserting a coloured thread
Not the neatest but definitely the warmest.
A sheepskin collar and coat
A historical loom?
Any ideas what he is doing here?
Teasing thread
All keeping warm in the cold.
Felt slippers
spinning by hand
The face of a man who knows how to keep warm.
Unravelling the threads
Weaving in progress
Felt hat making
There is a thread of some sort there.
Silk larva and the cocoon
Rope making by hand
Spinning
Wool awaiting spinning
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
Weaving or wool spinning, that is the question?
A wool winder
There is someone inside that!
A silk moth.
Spinning
Pressing the felt
Wool spinning by hand
Rope making by hand
It looks a mess whatever it is.
Keeping warm with the sheep
Felt slippers
Hat moulds
Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Wool working or rope making?
Yarns ready for weaving
Shaping the hat
A flock of sheep
Hand spinning
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