Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Very intricate wheels. What are they for?
Drawing silk into skeins
Teasing thread
The face of a man who knows how to keep warm.
Concentration!
There is a thread of some sort there.
Not the neatest but definitely the warmest.
Felt slippers
Weaving in progress
Rope making
A silk moth.
Hat moulds
Weaving
Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Spinning
Weaving
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
Wool working or rope making?
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
Hat moulds
Rope making by hand
Starting a thread
Making a felt hat
Any ideas what he is doing here?
Full length sheepskin coat
Yarns ready for weaving
Unravelling the threads
Felt slippers
Weaving in progress
Concentration on the job
Finished felt hats
Hand spinning
Teasing a thread of some sort
The sheep look neater!
Weaving tools in use
Knitting?
Rope making the hard way
Inserting a thread
He looks warmer than the photographer.
Silk cocoons
Spinning by hand
spinning by hand
A wool winder
Weaving
The pattern is progressing
Hand spinning
Spinning and winding wool
Wool spinning
Gathering something, but what?
Yarns ready for weaving
Inserting a coloured thread
Spinning
Drawing the silk threads
Silk being drawn into yarn
Knitting
Intricate work here.
A lot of wool to be spun
wool spinning
There was a rope walk in the background here.
Keeping warm with the sheep
Spinning by hand
Many threads being drawn into one
Raw wool waiting to be spun.
Intricate work
Spinning wool by hand
The pile is going down
Soaking the silk cocoons
Soaking the silk cocoons
Not sure who has the warmer coat.
Silk larva and the cocoon
Unwinding the silk strands
A flock of sheep
Dressed for the weather.
Pressing the felt
Wool spinning
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