Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Rope making by hand
Making a felt hat
Hand spinning
Intricate work
Spinning
Silk cocoons
Spinning
Hand spinning
Hat moulds
Wool spinning by hand
Spinning
He looks warmer than the photographer.
Felt slippers
Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
There is someone inside that!
A fiddly job
Any ideas what he is doing here?
Drawing silk threads
Wool spinning
Close up of the spinning process
Starting a thread
Silk cocoons
Felt slippers
Hand spinning
Felt working
Wool working or rope making?
Not sure who has the warmer coat.
Knitting
Unravelling the threads
Yarns ready for weaving
There was a rope walk in the background here.
Spinning by hand
Rope making by hand
Drawing silk into skeins
A lot of wool to be spun
Spinning wool by hand
Teasing a thread of some sort
Unwinding the silk strands
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
Wool waiting spinning
wool spinning
Pressing the felt
A wintry scene
Concentration on the job
Wool awaiting spinning
Hand spinning
Hand spinning
The sheep look neater!
It looks a mess whatever it is.
A historical loom?
Spinning and winding wool
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
A silk moth.
A sheepskin collar and coat
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