Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
A fiddly job
Felt working
Wool spinning
Knitting?
It looks a mess whatever it is.
Rope making
Wool spinning by hand
He looks warmer than the photographer.
Gathering something, but what?
Wool spinning
Pressing the felt
Yarns ready for weaving
The face of a man who knows how to keep warm.
Spinning by hand
Unwinding the silk strands
Knitting
A lot of wool to be spun
Competing for the woolliest coat.
Weaving or wool spinning, that is the question?
Starting a thread
Weaving
Concentration!
Felt slippers
Not the neatest but definitely the warmest.
Weaving in progress
Spinning by hand
Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Weaving
Hand spinning
Spinning
Wool spinning the traditional way.
Rope making by hand
Full length sheepskin coat
Weaver at work
Making a felt hat
Teasing thread
Spinning
Intricate work
Soaking the silk cocoons
There is a thread of some sort there.
Teasing a thread of some sort
spinning by hand
Drawing silk into skeins
Spinning and winding wool
Intricate work here.
Rope making by hand
There is someone inside that!
Hat moulds
A wool winder
Concentration on the job
A silk moth.
Hand spinning
Very intricate wheels. What are they for?
The raw material
Drawing the silk threads
Wool awaiting spinning
A flock of sheep
Unravelling the threads
Soaking the silk cocoons
Hat moulds
Balls of newly spun wool
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