Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Wool awaiting spinning
Full length sheepskin coat
Rope making by hand
The sheep look neater!
Dressed for the weather.
Gathering something, but what?
Wool spinning the traditional way.
Teasing thread
Silk being drawn into yarn
spinning by hand
There is someone inside that!
Hat moulds
Silk cocoons
Drawing silk threads
Hand spinning
A lot of wool to be spun
A wool winder
Spinning by hand
Weaving
Weaving
Close up of the spinning process
Rope making
Spinning
Felt working
Drawing silk into skeins
Many threads being drawn into one
Felt hat making
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Spinning by hand
Spinning and winding wool
Pressing the felt
Weaving tools in use
A wintry scene
Wool spinning
A proper sheepskin coat!
Silk larva and the cocoon
Wool spinning
Spinning
Unwinding the silk strands
Soaking the silk cocoons
Intricate work here.
Wool spinning by hand
Hand spinning
Weaving
A happy weaver
Intricate work
Wool half spun
A flock of sheep
Unravelling the threads
Any ideas what he is doing here?
A wool carder
The pile is going down
Weaver at work
Weaving in progress
Wool waiting spinning
Weaving or wool spinning, that is the question?
Silk cocoons
It looks a mess whatever it is.
Soaking the silk cocoons
A historical loom?
Yarns ready for weaving
Felt slippers
Hand spinning
There is a thread of some sort there.
Shaping the hat
wool spinning
Felt slippers
Making a felt hat
Wool spinning by hand
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
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