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