Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Dressed for the weather.
Weaving or wool spinning, that is the question?
Drawing the silk threads
Intricate work here.
The pattern is progressing
Wool spinning
All keeping warm in the cold.
A silk moth.
Hat moulds
Keeping warm with the sheep
Hand spinning
Spinning wool by hand
A wool carder
Concentration on the job
Weaving
Rope making by hand
Any ideas what he is doing here?
Not sure who has the warmer coat.
Spinning by hand
There was a rope walk in the background here.
Full length sheepskin coat
A wool winder
The sheep look neater!
Silk cocoons
The raw material
A lot of wool to be spun
It looks a mess whatever it is.
Inserting a thread
The pile is going down
Balls of newly spun wool
Wool spinning by hand
Wool awaiting spinning
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
Unwinding the silk strands
He looks warmer than the photographer.
Shaping the hat
A historical loom?
Drawing silk threads
Spinning by hand
Pressing the felt
Hand spinning
Spinning
Wool working or rope making?
Felt hat making
Yarns ready for weaving
A sheepskin collar and coat
Soaking the silk cocoons
A proper sheepskin coat!
Spinning
Concentration!
There is a thread of some sort there.
Felt working
Felt slippers
Spinning and winding wool
Starting a thread
Weaving tools in use
Wool spinning the traditional way.
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
Gathering something, but what?
Inserting a coloured thread
Silk cocoons
Teasing a thread of some sort
Finished felt hats
The face of a man who knows how to keep warm.
Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Soaking the silk cocoons
Very intricate wheels. What are they for?
Spinning
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