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