Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Raw wool waiting to be spun.
A wool winder
Many threads being drawn into one
Concentration!
Wool waiting spinning
Close up of the spinning process
Inserting a coloured thread
Weaving
Wool working or rope making?
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
Balls of newly spun wool
The face of a man who knows how to keep warm.
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
Finished felt hats
Spinning and winding wool
Spinning
A fiddly job
Silk cocoons
Weaver at work
Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Soaking the silk cocoons
A historical loom?
Very intricate wheels. What are they for?
All keeping warm in the cold.
It looks a mess whatever it is.
Spinning by hand
A wintry scene
Intricate work here.
He looks warmer than the photographer.
A sheepskin collar and coat
Silk cocoons
Felt slippers
Weaving tools in use
Wool spinning
Drawing silk into skeins
Shaping the hat
Wool spinning
A silk moth.
Yarns ready for weaving
Knitting
Rope making
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