Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Any ideas what he is doing here?
Inserting a thread
The pattern is progressing
Hat moulds
Not the neatest but definitely the warmest.
Concentration on the job
Teasing a thread of some sort
Raw wool waiting to be spun.
Spinning
wool spinning
Gathering something, but what?
Wool spinning
Intricate work here.
Intricate work
Starting a thread
Silk larva and the cocoon
Wool spinning the traditional way.
spinning by hand
A sheepskin collar and coat
Competing for the woolliest coat.
There is a thread of some sort there.
Pressing the felt
Wool half spun
Very intricate wheels. What are they for?
Soaking the silk cocoons
Spinning
Finished felt hats
Silk being drawn into yarn
Not sure who has the warmer coat.
Weaving in progress
Inserting a coloured thread
A silk moth.
Concentration!
Hand spinning
Rope making
There is someone inside that!
Silk cocoons
Wool spinning by hand
Weaving in progress
Rope making by hand
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
Close up of the spinning process
The raw material
Weaving
Unwinding the silk strands
Hat moulds
Unravelling the threads
Weaving
Silk cocoons
Wool spinning
A wool carder
Felt hat making
Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
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