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