Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Wool spinning by hand
There is a thread of some sort there.
Unravelling the threads
Silk larva and the cocoon
Intricate work here.
The face of a man who knows how to keep warm.
Hat moulds
Finished felt hats
Dressed for the weather.
Soaking the silk cocoons
Weaving
Spinning wool by hand
Drawing the silk threads
Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Balls of newly spun wool
Hand spinning
Pressing the felt
Weaver at work
Spinning
The pile is going down
Spinning
Hand spinning
A wool winder
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
wool spinning
Weaving in progress
The sheep look neater!
Teasing a thread of some sort
The pattern is progressing
Hat moulds
Keeping warm with the sheep
Starting a thread
Wool half spun
Hand spinning
A lot of wool to be spun
Felt working
A silk moth.
A flock of sheep
Spinning by hand
Inserting a coloured thread
Spinning
Drawing silk into skeins
Spinning by hand
Knitting?
Shaping the hat
Hand spinning
Wool spinning
Concentration on the job
Felt slippers
Wool spinning by hand
Competing for the woolliest coat.
Spinning and winding wool
Felt slippers
All keeping warm in the cold.
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
Silk cocoons
Spinning
Intricate work
Wool spinning
Rope making by hand
There was a rope walk in the background here.
Weaving in progress
Wool awaiting spinning
Soaking the silk cocoons
There is someone inside that!
Any ideas what he is doing here?
Rope making by hand
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