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