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