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