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