Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
Wool spinning by hand
Spinning
Rope making the hard way
A proper sheepskin coat!
Keeping warm with the sheep
wool spinning
Hat moulds
Wool spinning
The pattern is progressing
The raw material
Hand spinning
Silk cocoons
Felt slippers
Weaving in progress
Wool spinning
Spinning
Finished felt hats
Yarns ready for weaving
Very intricate wheels. What are they for?
Soaking the silk cocoons
Wool spinning
Full length sheepskin coat
Intricate work here.
Wool working or rope making?
Silk being drawn into yarn
Raw wool waiting to be spun.
There was a rope walk in the background here.
Knitting
Rope making by hand
Hand spinning
Spinning wool by hand
Soaking the silk cocoons
A fiddly job
Weaving or wool spinning, that is the question?
spinning by hand
Weaving in progress
Silk cocoons
Teasing thread
Balls of newly spun wool
Making a felt hat
Weaving
Weaving
Inserting a coloured thread
Intricate work
Wool spinning by hand
The sheep look neater!
Rope making by hand
Wool awaiting spinning
Gathering something, but what?
The pile is going down
Spinning by hand
Close up of the spinning process
A wintry scene
A wool winder
Not sure who has the warmer coat.
Concentration on the job
It looks a mess whatever it is.
Knitting?
A flock of sheep
Drawing the silk threads
Unwinding the silk strands
The face of a man who knows how to keep warm.
Wool waiting spinning
A silk moth.
Concentration!
Yarns ready for weaving
Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
All keeping warm in the cold.
Hat moulds
Wool half spun
Not the neatest but definitely the warmest.
Rope making
Weaver at work
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