Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Not the neatest but definitely the warmest.
Felt slippers
There was a rope walk in the background here.
Gathering something, but what?
Weaving
Wool working or rope making?
Silk cocoons
Weaving tools in use
Competing for the woolliest coat.
Intricate work here.
Making a felt hat
Spinning by hand
Spinning
A historical loom?
Weaving or wool spinning, that is the question?
Weaving
Drawing the silk threads
There is someone inside that!
spinning by hand
Hand spinning
Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Concentration!
A silk moth.
Hat moulds
Weaver at work
The face of a man who knows how to keep warm.
Intricate work
Spinning wool by hand
Many threads being drawn into one
Keeping warm with the sheep
Wool spinning by hand
Hat moulds
The pile is going down
Hand spinning
Spinning and winding wool
All keeping warm in the cold.
Finished felt hats
Inserting a coloured thread
Felt working
Rope making
Dressed for the weather.
Wool spinning
Wool waiting spinning
Weaving in progress
Yarns ready for weaving
Wool half spun
Inserting a thread
A wool carder
Weaving
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
Silk larva and the cocoon
wool spinning
Rope making by hand
Pressing the felt
Rope making by hand
Hand spinning
A wool winder
Hand spinning
Spinning by hand
Full length sheepskin coat
There is a thread of some sort there.
Wool spinning
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