Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Hat moulds
There is a thread of some sort there.
It looks a mess whatever it is.
Teasing thread
Wool awaiting spinning
Spinning
Silk cocoons
Weaving
A silk moth.
Competing for the woolliest coat.
A wool carder
Felt working
Intricate work here.
Full length sheepskin coat
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
wool spinning
Weaving in progress
Hand spinning
The pattern is progressing
The sheep look neater!
Wool spinning
Shaping the hat
Concentration!
Not the neatest but definitely the warmest.
Spinning by hand
Felt hat making
All keeping warm in the cold.
Spinning
The pile is going down
Wool half spun
Weaving or wool spinning, that is the question?
Inserting a thread
Weaving tools in use
A fiddly job
There was a rope walk in the background here.
Finished felt hats
Soaking the silk cocoons
Drawing silk into skeins
Rope making the hard way
A sheepskin collar and coat
Silk being drawn into yarn
The raw material
Raw wool waiting to be spun.
Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Drawing the silk threads
The face of a man who knows how to keep warm.
Unwinding the silk strands
Very intricate wheels. What are they for?
Wool working or rope making?
Knitting
A historical loom?
Yarns ready for weaving
Spinning
A wool winder
Concentration on the job
Inserting a coloured thread
A happy weaver
Any ideas what he is doing here?
There is someone inside that!
Knitting?
Hand spinning
Weaving in progress
Rope making
Spinning
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