Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Wool spinning
Making a felt hat
All keeping warm in the cold.
Weaving or wool spinning, that is the question?
Concentration on the job
Wool spinning
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
Spinning
Unwinding the silk strands
Very intricate wheels. What are they for?
Spinning
Wool spinning by hand
A lot of wool to be spun
Weaving
Teasing a thread of some sort
Many threads being drawn into one
He looks warmer than the photographer.
Rope making the hard way
Concentration!
Rope making
Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Spinning by hand
Weaving
The pattern is progressing
Finished felt hats
A flock of sheep
The raw material
A proper sheepskin coat!
Weaving tools in use
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