Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
A wintry scene
Not the neatest but definitely the warmest.
It looks a mess whatever it is.
The pattern is progressing
Felt slippers
Spinning by hand
Unravelling the threads
Full length sheepskin coat
There was a rope walk in the background here.
Inserting a thread
Wool spinning
A historical loom?
Yarns ready for weaving
Not sure who has the warmer coat.
Very intricate wheels. What are they for?
Felt slippers
Dressed for the weather.
All keeping warm in the cold.
Silk larva and the cocoon
The sheep look neater!
wool spinning
Rope making
Knitting?
Weaving
Felt hat making
Hand spinning
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
The face of a man who knows how to keep warm.
Unwinding the silk strands
Teasing a thread of some sort
Wool spinning the traditional way.
A sheepskin collar and coat
Spinning wool by hand
A proper sheepskin coat!
Rope making by hand
Spinning
Rope making the hard way
Knitting
Soaking the silk cocoons
Many threads being drawn into one
Hand spinning
Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Hat moulds
Wool waiting spinning
Soaking the silk cocoons
Starting a thread
A fiddly job
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