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