Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Knitting?
Hand spinning
All keeping warm in the cold.
Full length sheepskin coat
Rope making by hand
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
Spinning
Wool half spun
wool spinning
It looks a mess whatever it is.
Finished felt hats
A wool carder
Yarns ready for weaving
A silk moth.
Wool spinning
Rope making the hard way
A wool winder
Concentration on the job
Silk cocoons
Gathering something, but what?
Keeping warm with the sheep
Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Any ideas what he is doing here?
Concentration!
Wool working or rope making?
Hand spinning
spinning by hand
Wool spinning the traditional way.
Shaping the hat
Teasing a thread of some sort
Close up of the spinning process
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