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