Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Drawing silk into skeins
Any ideas what he is doing here?
Silk being drawn into yarn
Intricate work
There was a rope walk in the background here.
Knitting
Intricate work here.
Starting a thread
The raw material
Pressing the felt
Full length sheepskin coat
Weaving in progress
Inserting a thread
A flock of sheep
Rope making
Felt hat making
Hand spinning
A wool carder
Weaving
Unravelling the threads
Drawing the silk threads
He looks warmer than the photographer.
Silk cocoons
Felt slippers
Wool spinning
Wool spinning by hand
Concentration on the job
A wintry scene
A historical loom?
The face of a man who knows how to keep warm.
wool spinning
Silk larva and the cocoon
Wool waiting spinning
Hand spinning
Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Close up of the spinning process
Finished felt hats
It looks a mess whatever it is.
Wool half spun
Unwinding the silk strands
Spinning
Spinning and winding wool
Felt working
Keeping warm with the sheep
Wool spinning
Raw wool waiting to be spun.
Weaving or wool spinning, that is the question?
Spinning wool by hand
Spinning
Not sure who has the warmer coat.
Weaving
Knitting?
A proper sheepskin coat!
Spinning by hand
Hat moulds
Dressed for the weather.
Very intricate wheels. What are they for?
Rope making the hard way
Yarns ready for weaving
Soaking the silk cocoons
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
Shaping the hat
The sheep look neater!
Weaving tools in use
Balls of newly spun wool
spinning by hand
Teasing a thread of some sort
A fiddly job
Hat moulds
Spinning
Concentration!
Wool spinning the traditional way.
There is someone inside that!
A silk moth.
All keeping warm in the cold.
Weaver at work
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