Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Weaver at work
wool spinning
Spinning by hand
Drawing the silk threads
Spinning
Spinning
Wool spinning
Weaving in progress
Drawing silk threads
Rope making
Inserting a thread
Soaking the silk cocoons
Shaping the hat
Silk cocoons
Rope making by hand
Yarns ready for weaving
Silk larva and the cocoon
There is someone inside that!
Close up of the spinning process
Unwinding the silk strands
The pile is going down
Felt slippers
Not the neatest but definitely the warmest.
A sheepskin collar and coat
Hand spinning
Not sure who has the warmer coat.
Unravelling the threads
Wool waiting spinning
Wool awaiting spinning
Weaving or wool spinning, that is the question?
Wool half spun
There is a thread of some sort there.
Weaving in progress
Balls of newly spun wool
Dressed for the weather.
Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Wool spinning
Full length sheepskin coat
Inserting a coloured thread
He looks warmer than the photographer.
Wool spinning the traditional way.
Concentration on the job
Hand spinning
Hand spinning
Wool working or rope making?
Intricate work here.
Hand spinning
Weaving
Spinning by hand
A silk moth.
Knitting?
Silk being drawn into yarn
Making a felt hat
A happy weaver
Spinning
spinning by hand
Hat moulds
Spinning
Teasing thread
Weaving
Raw wool waiting to be spun.
A wool winder
Hand spinning
Pressing the felt
Wool spinning
There was a rope walk in the background here.
A historical loom?
Teasing a thread of some sort
Wool spinning by hand
Keeping warm with the sheep
Soaking the silk cocoons
Rope making by hand
Felt working
Intricate work
A proper sheepskin coat!
Hat moulds
Felt slippers
Spinning and winding wool
The pattern is progressing
Many threads being drawn into one
It looks a mess whatever it is.
Very intricate wheels. What are they for?
Weaving
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
A fiddly job
Wool spinning by hand
Felt hat making
Silk cocoons
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