Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Spinning by hand
Any ideas what he is doing here?
Many threads being drawn into one
Pressing the felt
Felt slippers
Spinning by hand
Making a felt hat
Wool working or rope making?
Wool spinning
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
Soaking the silk cocoons
Intricate work
Balls of newly spun wool
Intricate work here.
A proper sheepskin coat!
Teasing thread
He looks warmer than the photographer.
Drawing silk into skeins
Wool spinning
Starting a thread
Weaving
Inserting a coloured thread
Competing for the woolliest coat.
spinning by hand
Wool half spun
The sheep look neater!
wool spinning
Inserting a thread
Rope making
Hand spinning
Not the neatest but definitely the warmest.
A wool winder
Spinning
Hand spinning
Gathering something, but what?
Hand spinning
A flock of sheep
Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
The pile is going down
Hat moulds
Felt slippers
Silk larva and the cocoon
Drawing the silk threads
Concentration on the job
Keeping warm with the sheep
Wool spinning the traditional way.
A wool carder
Weaving in progress
There was a rope walk in the background here.
Close up of the spinning process
The pattern is progressing
Hat moulds
Shaping the hat
Knitting?
Wool spinning by hand
Weaving or wool spinning, that is the question?
Yarns ready for weaving
Felt working
Yarns ready for weaving
A silk moth.
Weaving tools in use
It looks a mess whatever it is.
Silk cocoons
Rope making by hand
The raw material
Concentration!
Weaving in progress
Wool awaiting spinning
Spinning and winding wool
A happy weaver
A wintry scene
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