Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Wool half spun
Soaking the silk cocoons
Dressed for the weather.
Not sure who has the warmer coat.
Spinning
Intricate work here.
He looks warmer than the photographer.
Silk larva and the cocoon
Soaking the silk cocoons
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
Wool spinning by hand
A sheepskin collar and coat
Weaving
Rope making
Hat moulds
All keeping warm in the cold.
Close up of the spinning process
Teasing a thread of some sort
Intricate work
Keeping warm with the sheep
Spinning wool by hand
Rope making by hand
Concentration on the job
There is a thread of some sort there.
Wool awaiting spinning
Pressing the felt
Knitting?
Any ideas what he is doing here?
Spinning by hand
Unwinding the silk strands
Hand spinning
The raw material
A wool winder
Silk cocoons
Wool working or rope making?
There was a rope walk in the background here.
A silk moth.
Felt slippers
Yarns ready for weaving
Very intricate wheels. What are they for?
Full length sheepskin coat
Silk being drawn into yarn
Weaving in progress
Raw wool waiting to be spun.
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
A lot of wool to be spun
Rope making the hard way
It looks a mess whatever it is.
Making a felt hat
The pile is going down
Yarns ready for weaving
Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
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