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