Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Wool spinning by hand
Inserting a coloured thread
Hand spinning
Unwinding the silk strands
Silk larva and the cocoon
Weaver at work
Intricate work
Wool spinning
Wool spinning
Weaving
The face of a man who knows how to keep warm.
A silk moth.
Spinning by hand
There was a rope walk in the background here.
Concentration!
A sheepskin collar and coat
Silk cocoons
There is a thread of some sort there.
Balls of newly spun wool
Finished felt hats
All keeping warm in the cold.
Spinning wool by hand
Spinning and winding wool
Wool half spun
A fiddly job
The pattern is progressing
Silk being drawn into yarn
Spinning by hand
Rope making by hand
wool spinning
Soaking the silk cocoons
Felt slippers
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
A historical loom?
Felt hat making
Making a felt hat
Concentration on the job
Teasing a thread of some sort
Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Unravelling the threads
Any ideas what he is doing here?
Competing for the woolliest coat.
The raw material
Rope making the hard way
It looks a mess whatever it is.
Close up of the spinning process
Yarns ready for weaving
Rope making by hand
Wool spinning the traditional way.
Intricate work here.
Knitting?
Soaking the silk cocoons
Wool awaiting spinning
spinning by hand
Hat moulds
He looks warmer than the photographer.
Weaving
Hand spinning
Spinning
Weaving in progress
Drawing the silk threads
Silk cocoons
Not sure who has the warmer coat.
Weaving tools in use
Shaping the hat
The sheep look neater!
Starting a thread
Wool working or rope making?
Spinning
Knitting
Dressed for the weather.
A flock of sheep
A proper sheepskin coat!
Hand spinning
Wool spinning by hand
Raw wool waiting to be spun.
A happy weaver
Many threads being drawn into one
Weaving in progress
Pressing the felt
A wool winder
Teasing thread
Weaving or wool spinning, that is the question?
Keeping warm with the sheep
Spinning
Weaving
Full length sheepskin coat
Felt working
Yarns ready for weaving
Inserting a thread
Rope making
Spinning
Drawing silk threads
A wool carder
The pile is going down
Drawing silk into skeins
Hat moulds
A wintry scene
Wool waiting spinning
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
Very intricate wheels. What are they for?
Views
/110
Copyright of the photographs is held by Steve R. Salter and the Tools and Trades History Society and the photographs here are watermarked accordingly. Higher resolution unwatermarked images are available on application to TATHS at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. but any use of them must include a reference to Steve R. Salter as copyright holder and to TATHS.
