Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
A lot of wool to be spun
Rope making the hard way
There is a thread of some sort there.
Weaving in progress
Many threads being drawn into one
Any ideas what he is doing here?
Wool awaiting spinning
Keeping warm with the sheep
The face of a man who knows how to keep warm.
wool spinning
Wool spinning the traditional way.
Very intricate wheels. What are they for?
Weaving
Unwinding the silk strands
Spinning
Gathering something, but what?
Wool spinning
Spinning
Unravelling the threads
Concentration on the job
A sheepskin collar and coat
Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
All keeping warm in the cold.
Spinning by hand
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
Yarns ready for weaving
A proper sheepskin coat!
Drawing the silk threads
Starting a thread
A wool winder
Drawing silk threads
The pile is going down
Felt slippers
Wool spinning
Weaver at work
Yarns ready for weaving
Silk larva and the cocoon
Dressed for the weather.
Spinning
Spinning
Felt hat making
Hand spinning
Wool spinning by hand
Competing for the woolliest coat.
Intricate work
Weaving
Knitting?
Shaping the hat
Hand spinning
Making a felt hat
Weaving
Rope making
Teasing a thread of some sort
Full length sheepskin coat
A happy weaver
A wintry scene
The sheep look neater!
Close up of the spinning process
Inserting a coloured thread
Drawing silk into skeins
Weaving in progress
Knitting
Intricate work here.
Felt slippers
Wool half spun
Hat moulds
He looks warmer than the photographer.
A historical loom?
Spinning by hand
Finished felt hats
Rope making by hand
Hat moulds
It looks a mess whatever it is.
A flock of sheep
Not the neatest but definitely the warmest.
Teasing thread
There was a rope walk in the background here.
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