Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Drawing silk threads
Unwinding the silk strands
Wool spinning by hand
The face of a man who knows how to keep warm.
There was a rope walk in the background here.
Soaking the silk cocoons
A wintry scene
Knitting
Wool spinning by hand
Wool spinning
Competing for the woolliest coat.
Inserting a coloured thread
Weaving
It looks a mess whatever it is.
Spinning by hand
Knitting?
A proper sheepskin coat!
A sheepskin collar and coat
Rope making the hard way
He looks warmer than the photographer.
Hand spinning
Concentration!
Wool spinning
Starting a thread
Spinning wool by hand
Hand spinning
Keeping warm with the sheep
Wool waiting spinning
Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Rope making by hand
Rope making by hand
wool spinning
Weaver at work
Felt slippers
Weaving
Finished felt hats
Drawing the silk threads
Raw wool waiting to be spun.
Hat moulds
A flock of sheep
The sheep look neater!
Weaving
Felt slippers
Wool half spun
Dressed for the weather.
Rope making
Felt working
The pile is going down
Concentration on the job
Hand spinning
Soaking the silk cocoons
Not sure who has the warmer coat.
Intricate work
Shaping the hat
There is a thread of some sort there.
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