Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Unwinding the silk strands
spinning by hand
Close up of the spinning process
Balls of newly spun wool
A wintry scene
Wool spinning
Soaking the silk cocoons
Not the neatest but definitely the warmest.
Drawing silk threads
All keeping warm in the cold.
Weaving
Wool awaiting spinning
Weaving in progress
Not sure who has the warmer coat.
Many threads being drawn into one
Weaving or wool spinning, that is the question?
Wool spinning by hand
Yarns ready for weaving
The face of a man who knows how to keep warm.
Hand spinning
Hat moulds
Any ideas what he is doing here?
Spinning
A sheepskin collar and coat
Wool spinning the traditional way.
There is a thread of some sort there.
Spinning by hand
Wool spinning
Hand spinning
Making a felt hat
Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Weaving tools in use
Inserting a thread
There is someone inside that!
Weaving in progress
Concentration!
Weaving
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