Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Hat moulds
Hand spinning
Shaping the hat
Felt hat making
Wool spinning
All keeping warm in the cold.
Intricate work
Balls of newly spun wool
Soaking the silk cocoons
Unwinding the silk strands
Wool spinning by hand
The pile is going down
He looks warmer than the photographer.
Not sure who has the warmer coat.
A proper sheepskin coat!
A historical loom?
There was a rope walk in the background here.
The sheep look neater!
spinning by hand
A flock of sheep
Gathering something, but what?
Spinning by hand
A fiddly job
Finished felt hats
Rope making
A wintry scene
Hat moulds
A lot of wool to be spun
The face of a man who knows how to keep warm.
Drawing the silk threads
A wool winder
Drawing silk into skeins
Rope making by hand
Many threads being drawn into one
Weaving in progress
Wool working or rope making?
Silk being drawn into yarn
Felt slippers
Silk cocoons
Full length sheepskin coat
Concentration!
wool spinning
Soaking the silk cocoons
Inserting a coloured thread
Inserting a thread
Dressed for the weather.
Weaving
Spinning
Close up of the spinning process
Weaving
Raw wool waiting to be spun.
Spinning
Wool spinning the traditional way.
A sheepskin collar and coat
Spinning by hand
Spinning wool by hand
Weaving or wool spinning, that is the question?
The raw material
Wool waiting spinning
Yarns ready for weaving
Wool spinning
Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Wool spinning
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
A wool carder
Weaving tools in use
There is someone inside that!
Concentration on the job
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
Wool half spun
Keeping warm with the sheep
Hand spinning
Intricate work here.
Weaving
Hand spinning
Weaving in progress
There is a thread of some sort there.
Unravelling the threads
Knitting
Teasing thread
Not the neatest but definitely the warmest.
Felt working
Weaver at work
Wool awaiting spinning
Starting a thread
Hand spinning
Competing for the woolliest coat.
Felt slippers
Drawing silk threads
A happy weaver
Making a felt hat
Spinning
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