Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
A wintry scene
Soaking the silk cocoons
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
A historical loom?
Weaving tools in use
Knitting
Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Hat moulds
There was a rope walk in the background here.
Yarns ready for weaving
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
Wool spinning by hand
Silk larva and the cocoon
Rope making by hand
Hand spinning
Drawing silk into skeins
Pressing the felt
A happy weaver
Wool spinning
Hand spinning
wool spinning
Felt slippers
A sheepskin collar and coat
The face of a man who knows how to keep warm.
Finished felt hats
A flock of sheep
All keeping warm in the cold.
A silk moth.
Weaving
Wool spinning
Yarns ready for weaving
Raw wool waiting to be spun.
Wool working or rope making?
spinning by hand
Inserting a coloured thread
Silk cocoons
Hat moulds
Spinning by hand
Not sure who has the warmer coat.
There is someone inside that!
Spinning
Drawing the silk threads
Keeping warm with the sheep
Close up of the spinning process
Soaking the silk cocoons
Inserting a thread
Weaver at work
Hand spinning
Teasing a thread of some sort
Silk cocoons
Felt slippers
Many threads being drawn into one
Spinning and winding wool
There is a thread of some sort there.
A lot of wool to be spun
Knitting?
Wool spinning by hand
He looks warmer than the photographer.
The pile is going down
Dressed for the weather.
Making a felt hat
Hand spinning
Spinning by hand
Competing for the woolliest coat.
Starting a thread
Concentration on the job
Spinning
Rope making by hand
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