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