Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Concentration on the job
Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
The pattern is progressing
All keeping warm in the cold.
The raw material
A wool carder
Hand spinning
Knitting
Spinning
A fiddly job
A wool winder
Wool spinning the traditional way.
Wool spinning
Wool waiting spinning
Starting a thread
Weaving in progress
Silk being drawn into yarn
Teasing thread
Wool spinning by hand
spinning by hand
Gathering something, but what?
Hand spinning
Balls of newly spun wool
Concentration!
Yarns ready for weaving
Weaver at work
Raw wool waiting to be spun.
Inserting a coloured thread
Intricate work here.
The face of a man who knows how to keep warm.
Not sure who has the warmer coat.
Teasing a thread of some sort
Hat moulds
Hat moulds
Spinning by hand
There is someone inside that!
Finished felt hats
Weaving
Felt working
Rope making the hard way
Wool spinning
Shaping the hat
A lot of wool to be spun
Drawing silk into skeins
Wool spinning
Spinning
Silk cocoons
Weaving or wool spinning, that is the question?
Many threads being drawn into one
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
Drawing silk threads
Unwinding the silk strands
Wool working or rope making?
It looks a mess whatever it is.
Pressing the felt
Spinning by hand
Weaving
A flock of sheep
Felt hat making
Any ideas what he is doing here?
Knitting?
Rope making
Full length sheepskin coat
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