Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Spinning wool by hand
The pile is going down
Spinning
Rope making
Weaving in progress
Hand spinning
Very intricate wheels. What are they for?
Spinning
He looks warmer than the photographer.
Weaving or wool spinning, that is the question?
A wintry scene
Spinning by hand
Spinning by hand
Silk cocoons
Hand spinning
Weaving
Yarns ready for weaving
Unwinding the silk strands
Wool spinning
The pattern is progressing
spinning by hand
Spinning
Wool awaiting spinning
There was a rope walk in the background here.
There is someone inside that!
All keeping warm in the cold.
The face of a man who knows how to keep warm.
Hand spinning
Wool half spun
Concentration on the job
A proper sheepskin coat!
A flock of sheep
Weaving tools in use
Knitting?
Rope making by hand
Rope making the hard way
Competing for the woolliest coat.
Rope making by hand
Felt hat making
Wool spinning
Wool spinning by hand
A wool carder
Teasing a thread of some sort
Felt working
A wool winder
Shaping the hat
A silk moth.
Weaving in progress
There is a thread of some sort there.
Teasing thread
Making a felt hat
Weaver at work
Yarns ready for weaving
Drawing the silk threads
Hand spinning
It looks a mess whatever it is.
Wool working or rope making?
Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Wool spinning
Hand spinning
Hat moulds
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