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