Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
Making a felt hat
The pile is going down
Silk cocoons
Any ideas what he is doing here?
There is a thread of some sort there.
Hand spinning
Close up of the spinning process
Spinning
There is someone inside that!
Wool waiting spinning
Wool awaiting spinning
Yarns ready for weaving
A proper sheepskin coat!
Weaving tools in use
Wool spinning
Wool spinning by hand
Soaking the silk cocoons
Dressed for the weather.
The sheep look neater!
A happy weaver
Finished felt hats
There was a rope walk in the background here.
Intricate work here.
Gathering something, but what?
Weaving or wool spinning, that is the question?
The pattern is progressing
Spinning
Rope making by hand
Keeping warm with the sheep
Spinning
It looks a mess whatever it is.
A wintry scene
A lot of wool to be spun
Silk being drawn into yarn
Wool spinning
Soaking the silk cocoons
Rope making
Wool half spun
Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
All keeping warm in the cold.
Spinning and winding wool
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
A fiddly job
A wool winder
Weaving in progress
Knitting?
Balls of newly spun wool
Spinning by hand
Hat moulds
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