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