Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Knitting?
Very intricate wheels. What are they for?
Weaving in progress
Yarns ready for weaving
Silk being drawn into yarn
All keeping warm in the cold.
Drawing silk threads
Spinning wool by hand
Unravelling the threads
Hand spinning
Weaver at work
Rope making by hand
Shaping the hat
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
Rope making by hand
Drawing the silk threads
The raw material
Unwinding the silk strands
Close up of the spinning process
Felt working
Drawing silk into skeins
There is someone inside that!
Hand spinning
A wool carder
Intricate work here.
Making a felt hat
A flock of sheep
Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Weaving or wool spinning, that is the question?
Felt hat making
Felt slippers
Any ideas what he is doing here?
Not the neatest but definitely the warmest.
Many threads being drawn into one
Pressing the felt
Soaking the silk cocoons
Concentration on the job
There is a thread of some sort there.
Intricate work
Hat moulds
Weaving
Weaving
Spinning
Wool half spun
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