Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Competing for the woolliest coat.
He looks warmer than the photographer.
Silk cocoons
A happy weaver
The pile is going down
Yarns ready for weaving
Keeping warm with the sheep
Weaving in progress
The pattern is progressing
A flock of sheep
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
A silk moth.
A fiddly job
The face of a man who knows how to keep warm.
There is a thread of some sort there.
Very intricate wheels. What are they for?
Wool spinning by hand
Weaving in progress
Felt slippers
Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Hand spinning
Spinning
Hat moulds
Not sure who has the warmer coat.
The raw material
Inserting a thread
Full length sheepskin coat
Wool spinning
Dressed for the weather.
A wintry scene
wool spinning
Rope making by hand
Felt working
Intricate work here.
Any ideas what he is doing here?
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