Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Drawing silk into skeins
Wool half spun
Not the neatest but definitely the warmest.
Wool working or rope making?
Weaving or wool spinning, that is the question?
Gathering something, but what?
Pressing the felt
Spinning wool by hand
A lot of wool to be spun
Rope making the hard way
wool spinning
Wool spinning
Unravelling the threads
A fiddly job
The pattern is progressing
There was a rope walk in the background here.
There is a thread of some sort there.
Hand spinning
Any ideas what he is doing here?
A sheepskin collar and coat
There is someone inside that!
It looks a mess whatever it is.
The pile is going down
Wool waiting spinning
Wool spinning
A happy weaver
A silk moth.
A proper sheepskin coat!
Weaving in progress
Felt slippers
Silk being drawn into yarn
Hand spinning
spinning by hand
Intricate work here.
Rope making
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
A wool winder
Concentration on the job
Yarns ready for weaving
The sheep look neater!
Keeping warm with the sheep
Competing for the woolliest coat.
Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Knitting?
Spinning
The raw material
Inserting a thread
Rope making by hand
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
Raw wool waiting to be spun.
Intricate work
Knitting
Wool awaiting spinning
Weaving
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