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