Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
A silk moth.
A sheepskin collar and coat
Silk cocoons
Intricate work
Hand spinning
Weaver at work
Silk larva and the cocoon
There is a thread of some sort there.
The pattern is progressing
Rope making by hand
Finished felt hats
Many threads being drawn into one
Wool awaiting spinning
Spinning by hand
Wool spinning
Wool waiting spinning
Pressing the felt
A wintry scene
He looks warmer than the photographer.
Yarns ready for weaving
Close up of the spinning process
wool spinning
Concentration on the job
A wool carder
Rope making by hand
A proper sheepskin coat!
Making a felt hat
Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Weaving in progress
The pile is going down
Keeping warm with the sheep
The raw material
Spinning and winding wool
Soaking the silk cocoons
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
A wool winder
Any ideas what he is doing here?
Raw wool waiting to be spun.
Spinning
Hand spinning
Yarns ready for weaving
Dressed for the weather.
Wool spinning
Knitting?
Inserting a thread
Shaping the hat
Not the neatest but definitely the warmest.
Concentration!
A flock of sheep
spinning by hand
Hat moulds
Drawing the silk threads
Silk being drawn into yarn
Unravelling the threads
Gathering something, but what?
Spinning
Hat moulds
Drawing silk threads
Very intricate wheels. What are they for?
Weaving in progress
Drawing silk into skeins
Inserting a coloured thread
Hand spinning
Felt hat making
A fiddly job
Hand spinning
A happy weaver
Teasing thread
Wool spinning
Wool spinning by hand
Wool half spun
The face of a man who knows how to keep warm.
Rope making the hard way
Full length sheepskin coat
Soaking the silk cocoons
Teasing a thread of some sort
It looks a mess whatever it is.
A historical loom?
A lot of wool to be spun
Weaving
Wool spinning the traditional way.
Spinning
Wool working or rope making?
Weaving or wool spinning, that is the question?
Weaving
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