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