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