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