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