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