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