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