Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
wool spinning
Making a felt hat
A wool winder
Wool working or rope making?
Wool waiting spinning
Any ideas what he is doing here?
Unravelling the threads
Finished felt hats
Weaving or wool spinning, that is the question?
Silk cocoons
Spinning
Many threads being drawn into one
Drawing silk threads
A flock of sheep
A historical loom?
A lot of wool to be spun
Silk larva and the cocoon
Weaving in progress
Inserting a coloured thread
Wool spinning
A silk moth.
Drawing silk into skeins
Wool spinning by hand
Unwinding the silk strands
Inserting a thread
Hand spinning
Spinning by hand
The face of a man who knows how to keep warm.
It looks a mess whatever it is.
Silk being drawn into yarn
Wool spinning
A happy weaver
Rope making the hard way
He looks warmer than the photographer.
spinning by hand
Weaver at work
Soaking the silk cocoons
Wool spinning the traditional way.
Weaving
A sheepskin collar and coat
Full length sheepskin coat
Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Keeping warm with the sheep
Not sure who has the warmer coat.
Spinning wool by hand
There is someone inside that!
The pile is going down
The raw material
Close up of the spinning process
Wool half spun
Hand spinning
Yarns ready for weaving
Very intricate wheels. What are they for?
Wool spinning by hand
Competing for the woolliest coat.
Felt hat making
Knitting?
Weaving in progress
A proper sheepskin coat!
Hat moulds
There is a thread of some sort there.
Pressing the felt
Hand spinning
Yarns ready for weaving
Teasing a thread of some sort
Drawing the silk threads
Spinning and winding wool
Weaving
Starting a thread
Spinning
Hand spinning
Spinning
Silk cocoons
All keeping warm in the cold.
Hand spinning
The sheep look neater!
Wool awaiting spinning
Wool spinning
Shaping the hat
Balls of newly spun wool
Hat moulds
The pattern is progressing
Weaving tools in use
Rope making by hand
Felt slippers
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
There was a rope walk in the background here.
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
Felt slippers
Soaking the silk cocoons
Raw wool waiting to be spun.
Spinning
Rope making by hand
A wintry scene
Knitting
A fiddly job
Weaving
Concentration on the job
Concentration!
Views
/110
Copyright of the photographs is held by Steve R. Salter and the Tools and Trades History Society and the photographs here are watermarked accordingly. Higher resolution unwatermarked images are available on application to TATHS at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. but any use of them must include a reference to Steve R. Salter as copyright holder and to TATHS.
