Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Wool spinning the traditional way.
There was a rope walk in the background here.
Rope making by hand
Spinning by hand
A proper sheepskin coat!
Any ideas what he is doing here?
Rope making
Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
The pile is going down
Pressing the felt
Starting a thread
Soaking the silk cocoons
Felt slippers
Not the neatest but definitely the warmest.
Spinning
Hand spinning
Unravelling the threads
Intricate work here.
The pattern is progressing
Spinning by hand
Weaving
The sheep look neater!
Weaver at work
Hand spinning
Silk being drawn into yarn
He looks warmer than the photographer.
A wool winder
Felt slippers
Hand spinning
Shaping the hat
Concentration on the job
There is a thread of some sort there.
Intricate work
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
Finished felt hats
Wool spinning
A happy weaver
Felt working
Gathering something, but what?
Weaving in progress
A wool carder
Many threads being drawn into one
Wool spinning by hand
Inserting a coloured thread
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
Dressed for the weather.
Hat moulds
There is someone inside that!
Yarns ready for weaving
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