Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
The pile is going down
Wool awaiting spinning
Unwinding the silk strands
Weaving
Teasing a thread of some sort
A flock of sheep
There is someone inside that!
Yarns ready for weaving
Weaving or wool spinning, that is the question?
Finished felt hats
Wool half spun
Rope making the hard way
Spinning
A historical loom?
The pattern is progressing
Hand spinning
Knitting
There was a rope walk in the background here.
Silk cocoons
Spinning
There is a thread of some sort there.
Wool working or rope making?
Not the neatest but definitely the warmest.
Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Many threads being drawn into one
Hat moulds
It looks a mess whatever it is.
Concentration!
Rope making by hand
Knitting?
A sheepskin collar and coat
Intricate work
Soaking the silk cocoons
Very intricate wheels. What are they for?
Felt slippers
Wool spinning by hand
Weaving in progress
A wool winder
He looks warmer than the photographer.
Intricate work here.
The sheep look neater!
Silk being drawn into yarn
Pressing the felt
Rope making
Felt slippers
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
Spinning
Wool spinning by hand
All keeping warm in the cold.
Spinning and winding wool
Full length sheepskin coat
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