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