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