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