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