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