Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
The pattern is progressing
It looks a mess whatever it is.
The sheep look neater!
Hand spinning
The pile is going down
Silk being drawn into yarn
Dressed for the weather.
Weaving
Wool waiting spinning
A fiddly job
There was a rope walk in the background here.
Making a felt hat
Felt slippers
A silk moth.
Silk cocoons
The raw material
A proper sheepskin coat!
Weaver at work
A sheepskin collar and coat
Balls of newly spun wool
Many threads being drawn into one
Teasing thread
Weaving tools in use
Any ideas what he is doing here?
Gathering something, but what?
Felt working
A wintry scene
Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Competing for the woolliest coat.
Felt hat making
Hand spinning
There is a thread of some sort there.
Wool spinning by hand
Wool awaiting spinning
All keeping warm in the cold.
Spinning
A happy weaver
A lot of wool to be spun
Spinning
Hand spinning
Spinning by hand
Weaving in progress
Wool spinning
Pressing the felt
Weaving
He looks warmer than the photographer.
Yarns ready for weaving
Raw wool waiting to be spun.
Felt slippers
Wool working or rope making?
Drawing silk threads
Yarns ready for weaving
Inserting a coloured thread
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
Spinning
Hand spinning
Concentration on the job
Hat moulds
Not sure who has the warmer coat.
Knitting
Rope making by hand
A historical loom?
Not the neatest but definitely the warmest.
Unravelling the threads
Very intricate wheels. What are they for?
Spinning wool by hand
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