Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Drawing silk into skeins
Rope making by hand
Drawing silk threads
A wool winder
Yarns ready for weaving
All keeping warm in the cold.
Any ideas what he is doing here?
Spinning
Unravelling the threads
Wool spinning the traditional way.
Concentration on the job
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
Wool spinning by hand
Wool spinning
Rope making
Spinning
Balls of newly spun wool
Felt hat making
Hand spinning
There was a rope walk in the background here.
Pressing the felt
A historical loom?
A silk moth.
Silk larva and the cocoon
Raw wool waiting to be spun.
Many threads being drawn into one
Dressed for the weather.
Weaving
Weaving
Rope making by hand
Intricate work here.
Making a felt hat
Wool spinning
Weaving
Not the neatest but definitely the warmest.
A flock of sheep
There is someone inside that!
Silk being drawn into yarn
Hat moulds
wool spinning
The pile is going down
Inserting a coloured thread
Rope making the hard way
The sheep look neater!
A proper sheepskin coat!
A wintry scene
The pattern is progressing
The raw material
He looks warmer than the photographer.
Spinning by hand
Gathering something, but what?
Unwinding the silk strands
Very intricate wheels. What are they for?
Spinning and winding wool
Felt slippers
Spinning
Felt working
Weaving tools in use
A lot of wool to be spun
Weaving in progress
Shaping the hat
Competing for the woolliest coat.
Spinning wool by hand
Spinning
Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Silk cocoons
Wool waiting spinning
A fiddly job
A happy weaver
Not sure who has the warmer coat.
Keeping warm with the sheep
Felt slippers
Wool half spun
Starting a thread
Weaving or wool spinning, that is the question?
Hat moulds
Full length sheepskin coat
Hand spinning
It looks a mess whatever it is.
Concentration!
Wool spinning
Drawing the silk threads
Yarns ready for weaving
A sheepskin collar and coat
Teasing thread
Hand spinning
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