Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Soaking the silk cocoons
Felt hat making
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
wool spinning
A proper sheepskin coat!
Hand spinning
Full length sheepskin coat
Spinning by hand
Hand spinning
Spinning and winding wool
A lot of wool to be spun
Wool spinning
The pile is going down
Rope making by hand
Starting a thread
Felt slippers
Hand spinning
The pattern is progressing
Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Wool spinning by hand
Wool spinning by hand
Yarns ready for weaving
Concentration on the job
A flock of sheep
Rope making
A wintry scene
A wool carder
A historical loom?
Wool half spun
Pressing the felt
The raw material
Weaving tools in use
Hand spinning
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
Concentration!
Rope making by hand
Silk cocoons
Any ideas what he is doing here?
Silk being drawn into yarn
Dressed for the weather.
Teasing thread
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