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