Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Not the neatest but definitely the warmest.
Knitting?
Spinning
Yarns ready for weaving
Hand spinning
A sheepskin collar and coat
Balls of newly spun wool
Full length sheepskin coat
A silk moth.
Shaping the hat
A fiddly job
Silk being drawn into yarn
Teasing thread
Felt slippers
Wool waiting spinning
Making a felt hat
There is a thread of some sort there.
Weaver at work
Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Spinning
Drawing the silk threads
Drawing silk into skeins
Wool working or rope making?
Silk cocoons
Weaving
Wool spinning the traditional way.
Spinning by hand
A flock of sheep
Spinning wool by hand
Yarns ready for weaving
Concentration!
Intricate work here.
Weaving in progress
Wool spinning
There was a rope walk in the background here.
There is someone inside that!
A historical loom?
Spinning
Unwinding the silk strands
The raw material
Hat moulds
Felt slippers
Hat moulds
The sheep look neater!
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
Wool awaiting spinning
The pile is going down
Felt working
Wool half spun
Any ideas what he is doing here?
Hand spinning
Starting a thread
Knitting
Inserting a coloured thread
Intricate work
Raw wool waiting to be spun.
spinning by hand
All keeping warm in the cold.
Competing for the woolliest coat.
Keeping warm with the sheep
Silk larva and the cocoon
A proper sheepskin coat!
Soaking the silk cocoons
Gathering something, but what?
A happy weaver
It looks a mess whatever it is.
Dressed for the weather.
Many threads being drawn into one
Hand spinning
Weaving in progress
Not sure who has the warmer coat.
Finished felt hats
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