Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Wool working or rope making?
Spinning and winding wool
A sheepskin collar and coat
Felt working
Competing for the woolliest coat.
Felt slippers
Hand spinning
Weaving
A historical loom?
Wool spinning the traditional way.
Rope making
Rope making the hard way
Pressing the felt
Silk cocoons
Weaving tools in use
Felt slippers
Silk being drawn into yarn
A silk moth.
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
Making a felt hat
Wool awaiting spinning
Inserting a coloured thread
Keeping warm with the sheep
Teasing a thread of some sort
Hand spinning
Spinning
Intricate work
Unravelling the threads
Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
The pile is going down
Wool spinning by hand
Wool spinning by hand
Spinning
Finished felt hats
Rope making by hand
Weaver at work
Dressed for the weather.
Silk cocoons
Spinning
Raw wool waiting to be spun.
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
Felt hat making
Wool spinning
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