Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Weaver at work
Felt slippers
wool spinning
Wool spinning by hand
Hand spinning
spinning by hand
Rope making by hand
Weaving in progress
Raw wool waiting to be spun.
Wool spinning the traditional way.
Silk larva and the cocoon
Close up of the spinning process
Spinning wool by hand
Weaving or wool spinning, that is the question?
Weaving
Hand spinning
Silk cocoons
Intricate work here.
The face of a man who knows how to keep warm.
Keeping warm with the sheep
Dressed for the weather.
The pile is going down
A happy weaver
A wintry scene
Spinning
Concentration on the job
A lot of wool to be spun
Finished felt hats
A wool winder
A fiddly job
A silk moth.
A flock of sheep
Teasing thread
Weaving tools in use
Spinning by hand
The pattern is progressing
A sheepskin collar and coat
Felt slippers
Hat moulds
Many threads being drawn into one
Making a felt hat
Weaving in progress
Hand spinning
Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Unravelling the threads
All keeping warm in the cold.
Wool spinning
Wool spinning by hand
A proper sheepskin coat!
Felt working
Intricate work
The raw material
It looks a mess whatever it is.
Hat moulds
Spinning
There is someone inside that!
Spinning
A historical loom?
Pressing the felt
Yarns ready for weaving
Not the neatest but definitely the warmest.
Silk cocoons
Rope making by hand
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