Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Hand spinning
Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
A sheepskin collar and coat
Silk cocoons
A wintry scene
A historical loom?
Spinning by hand
Intricate work
A fiddly job
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
Close up of the spinning process
Hat moulds
Rope making
Weaving
Spinning wool by hand
Silk cocoons
Weaving
Wool spinning by hand
Gathering something, but what?
Knitting?
The face of a man who knows how to keep warm.
Balls of newly spun wool
Wool working or rope making?
Hand spinning
Inserting a thread
Wool spinning
Teasing thread
Full length sheepskin coat
Raw wool waiting to be spun.
Weaving tools in use
Hand spinning
There is someone inside that!
Wool half spun
Rope making the hard way
Felt hat making
Felt slippers
Dressed for the weather.
Weaving in progress
Wool waiting spinning
Felt working
Pressing the felt
A wool carder
Soaking the silk cocoons
Concentration on the job
Keeping warm with the sheep
There was a rope walk in the background here.
A silk moth.
Spinning and winding wool
Any ideas what he is doing here?
Spinning
Spinning
Very intricate wheels. What are they for?
Wool spinning
Hand spinning
Unravelling the threads
spinning by hand
Rope making by hand
The pile is going down
Wool spinning by hand
Weaver at work
Soaking the silk cocoons
Yarns ready for weaving
He looks warmer than the photographer.
Drawing the silk threads
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
Many threads being drawn into one
Hat moulds
Teasing a thread of some sort
Weaving
Wool awaiting spinning
Unwinding the silk strands
Drawing silk into skeins
All keeping warm in the cold.
It looks a mess whatever it is.
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