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