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