Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Hand spinning
Very intricate wheels. What are they for?
Wool awaiting spinning
He looks warmer than the photographer.
Wool spinning
The sheep look neater!
Not sure who has the warmer coat.
Weaving
Hand spinning
Yarns ready for weaving
Rope making by hand
Drawing the silk threads
The pile is going down
Spinning
There is someone inside that!
Not the neatest but definitely the warmest.
Inserting a thread
Inserting a coloured thread
Unravelling the threads
A sheepskin collar and coat
Many threads being drawn into one
Close up of the spinning process
A silk moth.
Finished felt hats
Wool half spun
Competing for the woolliest coat.
Wool spinning the traditional way.
Felt slippers
Soaking the silk cocoons
Weaving in progress
A wool winder
Silk larva and the cocoon
Weaving or wool spinning, that is the question?
Weaving tools in use
Intricate work
Unwinding the silk strands
Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Starting a thread
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