Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Intricate work
All keeping warm in the cold.
Intricate work here.
Concentration on the job
Shaping the hat
Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
He looks warmer than the photographer.
Silk larva and the cocoon
Wool waiting spinning
Wool working or rope making?
Not the neatest but definitely the warmest.
A proper sheepskin coat!
A happy weaver
wool spinning
Gathering something, but what?
Keeping warm with the sheep
Spinning by hand
Inserting a coloured thread
Any ideas what he is doing here?
Wool half spun
Spinning and winding wool
Hat moulds
There is a thread of some sort there.
A historical loom?
Spinning
Wool spinning by hand
Making a felt hat
Balls of newly spun wool
Wool spinning the traditional way.
Full length sheepskin coat
Drawing the silk threads
Spinning wool by hand
A silk moth.
Wool spinning by hand
Yarns ready for weaving
Silk cocoons
Drawing silk threads
Teasing thread
Silk being drawn into yarn
Weaving tools in use
Concentration!
Hand spinning
Hand spinning
There was a rope walk in the background here.
Felt slippers
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
Silk cocoons
Unwinding the silk strands
A flock of sheep
Weaving
Yarns ready for weaving
Finished felt hats
A sheepskin collar and coat
Weaving in progress
Weaver at work
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