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