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