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