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