Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Hat moulds
Spinning and winding wool
A wool winder
Wool spinning the traditional way.
Felt slippers
spinning by hand
A proper sheepskin coat!
Intricate work
Very intricate wheels. What are they for?
Rope making the hard way
Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Spinning
Keeping warm with the sheep
Silk cocoons
Wool awaiting spinning
Finished felt hats
Weaver at work
Wool spinning by hand
Rope making
Weaving
Yarns ready for weaving
There is someone inside that!
There is a thread of some sort there.
The face of a man who knows how to keep warm.
Soaking the silk cocoons
Hand spinning
Weaving
A fiddly job
Spinning by hand
Wool spinning
Hand spinning
A happy weaver
Shaping the hat
There was a rope walk in the background here.
Knitting?
Wool spinning
Wool half spun
All keeping warm in the cold.
Felt slippers
Weaving
Hat moulds
Inserting a thread
Close up of the spinning process
The raw material
Concentration on the job
It looks a mess whatever it is.
Making a felt hat
Drawing silk into skeins
Weaving tools in use
Silk being drawn into yarn
Hand spinning
Weaving in progress
A flock of sheep
Spinning
Gathering something, but what?
Drawing silk threads
A sheepskin collar and coat
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