Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
A flock of sheep
Finished felt hats
A proper sheepskin coat!
Wool spinning the traditional way.
Very intricate wheels. What are they for?
Weaver at work
Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Shaping the hat
Pressing the felt
Spinning by hand
Unravelling the threads
Hand spinning
Drawing silk into skeins
Raw wool waiting to be spun.
Rope making by hand
The sheep look neater!
Silk larva and the cocoon
Teasing a thread of some sort
Close up of the spinning process
Gathering something, but what?
Any ideas what he is doing here?
Rope making
Felt hat making
The raw material
Not sure who has the warmer coat.
A fiddly job
Spinning
He looks warmer than the photographer.
Competing for the woolliest coat.
Wool awaiting spinning
Weaving tools in use
Wool spinning by hand
Intricate work
It looks a mess whatever it is.
Yarns ready for weaving
Knitting?
A sheepskin collar and coat
Yarns ready for weaving
The face of a man who knows how to keep warm.
Inserting a coloured thread
Silk cocoons
Wool working or rope making?
Weaving in progress
Drawing the silk threads
Felt slippers
Spinning
Hand spinning
Wool spinning
Hat moulds
Making a felt hat
Hand spinning
spinning by hand
Silk cocoons
Wool spinning
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
Spinning
A wintry scene
Teasing thread
The pile is going down
Inserting a thread
A happy weaver
A historical loom?
Intricate work here.
A wool winder
Concentration!
Spinning and winding wool
Wool half spun
Soaking the silk cocoons
Soaking the silk cocoons
A lot of wool to be spun
There is a thread of some sort there.
Full length sheepskin coat
Spinning by hand
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