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