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