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