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