Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Not the neatest but definitely the warmest.
Gathering something, but what?
Spinning by hand
A happy weaver
Wool spinning by hand
A silk moth.
A fiddly job
Wool spinning
Soaking the silk cocoons
Balls of newly spun wool
Wool working or rope making?
Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Hand spinning
The pattern is progressing
Dressed for the weather.
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
Full length sheepskin coat
Shaping the hat
Drawing silk threads
The raw material
Not sure who has the warmer coat.
Wool spinning the traditional way.
Weaving
Wool half spun
A historical loom?
Soaking the silk cocoons
There is someone inside that!
Raw wool waiting to be spun.
Hand spinning
Very intricate wheels. What are they for?
There is a thread of some sort there.
Felt slippers
Hand spinning
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