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