Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Rope making the hard way
Soaking the silk cocoons
Spinning
Intricate work
Spinning and winding wool
Intricate work here.
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
Knitting
Silk larva and the cocoon
Weaving
The pile is going down
Wool spinning
Making a felt hat
Full length sheepskin coat
Wool spinning by hand
Not the neatest but definitely the warmest.
Rope making by hand
Wool spinning the traditional way.
Spinning wool by hand
Silk cocoons
A historical loom?
Silk being drawn into yarn
spinning by hand
Weaving tools in use
The raw material
Spinning
Weaver at work
Inserting a coloured thread
Concentration!
Unravelling the threads
Drawing the silk threads
Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Hand spinning
There is a thread of some sort there.
Raw wool waiting to be spun.
Weaving or wool spinning, that is the question?
Weaving in progress
The face of a man who knows how to keep warm.
Spinning by hand
Soaking the silk cocoons
Spinning
A proper sheepskin coat!
Spinning by hand
Felt slippers
Shaping the hat
Wool spinning
Inserting a thread
Silk cocoons
Any ideas what he is doing here?
Hand spinning
Concentration on the job
Teasing a thread of some sort
Felt hat making
Teasing thread
Yarns ready for weaving
There was a rope walk in the background here.
The sheep look neater!
All keeping warm in the cold.
Wool spinning
Pressing the felt
Rope making
Weaving
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