Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Starting a thread
Teasing thread
Spinning by hand
It looks a mess whatever it is.
The sheep look neater!
Spinning
Full length sheepskin coat
A proper sheepskin coat!
Raw wool waiting to be spun.
Hand spinning
Hand spinning
A fiddly job
Yarns ready for weaving
The raw material
Keeping warm with the sheep
Unwinding the silk strands
A historical loom?
Making a felt hat
Drawing silk threads
Weaving in progress
Close up of the spinning process
A happy weaver
Teasing a thread of some sort
Felt slippers
Weaving
Wool waiting spinning
Wool half spun
Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Concentration!
Knitting
Rope making the hard way
Wool spinning
A sheepskin collar and coat
A silk moth.
Hand spinning
Wool awaiting spinning
The pile is going down
Not the neatest but definitely the warmest.
Weaving
Rope making
Gathering something, but what?
There is someone inside that!
Weaver at work
Silk cocoons
Weaving
Wool spinning
Wool spinning the traditional way.
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
Wool working or rope making?
A wool winder
Wool spinning by hand
Spinning
Dressed for the weather.
Weaving tools in use
Spinning by hand
Competing for the woolliest coat.
Not sure who has the warmer coat.
Finished felt hats
Pressing the felt
Silk being drawn into yarn
Spinning and winding wool
Many threads being drawn into one
Felt working
A flock of sheep
Spinning
Hand spinning
There was a rope walk in the background here.
Silk larva and the cocoon
Any ideas what he is doing here?
Concentration on the job
Intricate work
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