Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Wool spinning by hand
Knitting
A wintry scene
Teasing thread
Spinning by hand
Knitting?
Hat moulds
Any ideas what he is doing here?
Starting a thread
Rope making the hard way
Soaking the silk cocoons
Silk cocoons
Weaver at work
Soaking the silk cocoons
Hat moulds
Balls of newly spun wool
Spinning
Drawing silk threads
Drawing the silk threads
A fiddly job
Wool spinning
Weaving or wool spinning, that is the question?
A lot of wool to be spun
Wool awaiting spinning
Rope making by hand
Spinning wool by hand
Dressed for the weather.
Weaving
The pattern is progressing
Weaving in progress
The pile is going down
Inserting a thread
A wool carder
All keeping warm in the cold.
Wool waiting spinning
Hand spinning
Wool spinning by hand
Silk larva and the cocoon
A flock of sheep
Weaving tools in use
Wool spinning the traditional way.
There is someone inside that!
The raw material
Wool working or rope making?
Felt working
Hand spinning
spinning by hand
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
Making a felt hat
The face of a man who knows how to keep warm.
Rope making
Not the neatest but definitely the warmest.
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
Weaving in progress
wool spinning
Felt hat making
Many threads being drawn into one
Spinning
It looks a mess whatever it is.
Intricate work
Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
A happy weaver
Wool half spun
He looks warmer than the photographer.
Hand spinning
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