Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Hand spinning
Keeping warm with the sheep
A flock of sheep
Close up of the spinning process
Rope making by hand
A lot of wool to be spun
Silk larva and the cocoon
Soaking the silk cocoons
Felt slippers
Many threads being drawn into one
Spinning
Yarns ready for weaving
Wool working or rope making?
Drawing silk into skeins
Knitting?
A wool carder
The sheep look neater!
Concentration on the job
Hand spinning
Concentration!
Spinning wool by hand
The raw material
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
Silk cocoons
Any ideas what he is doing here?
He looks warmer than the photographer.
A wintry scene
Rope making the hard way
Wool spinning
Full length sheepskin coat
Weaver at work
Dressed for the weather.
Very intricate wheels. What are they for?
Unwinding the silk strands
Hat moulds
There is someone inside that!
Teasing a thread of some sort
Intricate work here.
Shaping the hat
It looks a mess whatever it is.
Weaving tools in use
Spinning and winding wool
Pressing the felt
Drawing silk threads
A silk moth.
Finished felt hats
Hat moulds
Wool awaiting spinning
Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
wool spinning
Inserting a thread
Weaving or wool spinning, that is the question?
Soaking the silk cocoons
A wool winder
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