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