Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Inserting a coloured thread
Weaving
Many threads being drawn into one
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
Intricate work
Felt slippers
Full length sheepskin coat
The pile is going down
Drawing silk threads
Competing for the woolliest coat.
It looks a mess whatever it is.
Shaping the hat
Drawing the silk threads
A silk moth.
Felt hat making
Wool spinning the traditional way.
Wool spinning by hand
A wool carder
Concentration!
Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Close up of the spinning process
The raw material
spinning by hand
Wool awaiting spinning
Weaving tools in use
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