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