Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Hand spinning
spinning by hand
Concentration on the job
Drawing silk into skeins
Spinning by hand
Rope making the hard way
Felt slippers
Finished felt hats
The pile is going down
Soaking the silk cocoons
Keeping warm with the sheep
Rope making
Felt hat making
Knitting
Weaving or wool spinning, that is the question?
Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
A lot of wool to be spun
The raw material
Inserting a thread
It looks a mess whatever it is.
Felt working
A wool winder
Drawing silk threads
Spinning
Pressing the felt
Hat moulds
Wool spinning
A flock of sheep
Silk larva and the cocoon
Gathering something, but what?
A proper sheepskin coat!
Intricate work here.
Raw wool waiting to be spun.
Rope making by hand
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
Soaking the silk cocoons
Wool awaiting spinning
Any ideas what he is doing here?
Hat moulds
Knitting?
Wool spinning
Many threads being drawn into one
Weaving
Very intricate wheels. What are they for?
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