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