Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Hat moulds
Wool spinning
He looks warmer than the photographer.
Balls of newly spun wool
A sheepskin collar and coat
Hand spinning
Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Felt slippers
Intricate work
A happy weaver
Knitting
Intricate work here.
There was a rope walk in the background here.
A wool winder
Not sure who has the warmer coat.
Weaving
Drawing silk into skeins
Competing for the woolliest coat.
Wool spinning by hand
Keeping warm with the sheep
Wool working or rope making?
Inserting a coloured thread
Drawing the silk threads
Silk cocoons
Making a felt hat
Wool spinning
wool spinning
A flock of sheep
Yarns ready for weaving
Very intricate wheels. What are they for?
Close up of the spinning process
The face of a man who knows how to keep warm.
Knitting?
Hand spinning
There is someone inside that!
A lot of wool to be spun
Silk being drawn into yarn
Hat moulds
Rope making by hand
Weaving
The pattern is progressing
Wool awaiting spinning
The pile is going down
Dressed for the weather.
Spinning
Wool waiting spinning
Spinning and winding wool
Starting a thread
A wool carder
Weaving
Soaking the silk cocoons
Silk larva and the cocoon
Weaving or wool spinning, that is the question?
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