Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
A sheepskin collar and coat
Hand spinning
Knitting?
Many threads being drawn into one
Rope making by hand
A wintry scene
Spinning
Soaking the silk cocoons
Felt slippers
Spinning wool by hand
Weaving
Close up of the spinning process
Yarns ready for weaving
Wool half spun
There is someone inside that!
Drawing the silk threads
Silk larva and the cocoon
Weaving tools in use
Intricate work
Spinning
Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
A wool winder
Teasing a thread of some sort
Hat moulds
Weaving
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
Pressing the felt
The pile is going down
Concentration on the job
Wool spinning
Dressed for the weather.
The sheep look neater!
Hand spinning
Teasing thread
A proper sheepskin coat!
Wool spinning
There was a rope walk in the background here.
Making a felt hat
Felt slippers
Weaving or wool spinning, that is the question?
Keeping warm with the sheep
Hat moulds
spinning by hand
He looks warmer than the photographer.
Soaking the silk cocoons
Felt working
A happy weaver
A lot of wool to be spun
Wool awaiting spinning
All keeping warm in the cold.
Silk cocoons
Unravelling the threads
Drawing silk threads
Not the neatest but definitely the warmest.
Full length sheepskin coat
Hand spinning
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