Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Starting a thread
spinning by hand
Wool spinning by hand
Spinning by hand
Hand spinning
Rope making by hand
Inserting a thread
Pressing the felt
Any ideas what he is doing here?
He looks warmer than the photographer.
There is a thread of some sort there.
Soaking the silk cocoons
Soaking the silk cocoons
Full length sheepskin coat
The pattern is progressing
wool spinning
Not sure who has the warmer coat.
Not the neatest but definitely the warmest.
Hand spinning
Wool spinning
Drawing the silk threads
Felt slippers
A fiddly job
Finished felt hats
The pile is going down
Weaving or wool spinning, that is the question?
Knitting
Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Silk larva and the cocoon
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