Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
A wintry scene
Silk being drawn into yarn
Spinning by hand
A wool carder
Spinning wool by hand
The sheep look neater!
Many threads being drawn into one
Spinning
Hat moulds
Starting a thread
Full length sheepskin coat
Pressing the felt
Rope making by hand
Close up of the spinning process
Rope making
Weaving
Hand spinning
Silk cocoons
Wool working or rope making?
Spinning
There is someone inside that!
There is a thread of some sort there.
A proper sheepskin coat!
Keeping warm with the sheep
Shaping the hat
The face of a man who knows how to keep warm.
Silk larva and the cocoon
Hand spinning
Felt hat making
Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Wool spinning by hand
Not sure who has the warmer coat.
He looks warmer than the photographer.
Spinning
Inserting a coloured thread
A happy weaver
The raw material
A wool winder
Weaving or wool spinning, that is the question?
Weaving
Wool spinning
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
Weaving
A silk moth.
wool spinning
Wool spinning the traditional way.
Rope making the hard way
Knitting
Not the neatest but definitely the warmest.
Any ideas what he is doing here?
Drawing the silk threads
Intricate work here.
Inserting a thread
Wool spinning
Finished felt hats
Competing for the woolliest coat.
Wool awaiting spinning
Making a felt hat
Wool waiting spinning
All keeping warm in the cold.
Wool spinning by hand
Drawing silk threads
Weaving tools in use
Hat moulds
Wool spinning
Rope making by hand
Soaking the silk cocoons
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