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