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