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