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