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