Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Soaking the silk cocoons
The pile is going down
Not the neatest but definitely the warmest.
Teasing a thread of some sort
Pressing the felt
Finished felt hats
Wool awaiting spinning
Rope making by hand
Rope making by hand
Knitting?
Wool spinning the traditional way.
Felt hat making
All keeping warm in the cold.
A silk moth.
Spinning by hand
Intricate work
Weaving or wool spinning, that is the question?
Gathering something, but what?
Spinning and winding wool
The sheep look neater!
Dressed for the weather.
Hat moulds
Wool spinning
Starting a thread
Wool spinning
Intricate work here.
There is a thread of some sort there.
The face of a man who knows how to keep warm.
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
Drawing the silk threads
It looks a mess whatever it is.
A lot of wool to be spun
A wool winder
Silk cocoons
Drawing silk threads
Unwinding the silk strands
Inserting a coloured thread
Felt working
A sheepskin collar and coat
Hand spinning
Drawing silk into skeins
Hand spinning
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
There is someone inside that!
Yarns ready for weaving
A proper sheepskin coat!
Spinning
A flock of sheep
Competing for the woolliest coat.
Spinning
Knitting
spinning by hand
Felt slippers
Rope making the hard way
Weaving
Shaping the hat
Inserting a thread
Spinning by hand
Hand spinning
Raw wool waiting to be spun.
Making a felt hat
There was a rope walk in the background here.
The pattern is progressing
Silk cocoons
Hand spinning
Weaving
Not sure who has the warmer coat.
Rope making
Wool spinning by hand
Weaving in progress
A historical loom?
Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Spinning
Unravelling the threads
Many threads being drawn into one
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