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