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