Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Weaving in progress
Drawing silk into skeins
Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
A wool carder
A wool winder
Wool waiting spinning
A proper sheepskin coat!
Hand spinning
Hat moulds
Drawing silk threads
Rope making by hand
Yarns ready for weaving
Spinning by hand
Finished felt hats
Rope making
Spinning
It looks a mess whatever it is.
The raw material
Raw wool waiting to be spun.
A sheepskin collar and coat
Silk cocoons
Felt slippers
Wool spinning
A happy weaver
Wool half spun
Not the neatest but definitely the warmest.
There is someone inside that!
Spinning by hand
Starting a thread
A flock of sheep
Full length sheepskin coat
Concentration!
Teasing a thread of some sort
Hat moulds
Keeping warm with the sheep
wool spinning
Spinning wool by hand
Wool spinning
A lot of wool to be spun
Inserting a thread
Competing for the woolliest coat.
Gathering something, but what?
Unravelling the threads
Dressed for the weather.
Weaving in progress
spinning by hand
Very intricate wheels. What are they for?
Intricate work here.
Intricate work
A silk moth.
Wool working or rope making?
Weaving
Silk cocoons
He looks warmer than the photographer.
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