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