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