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