Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Weaving in progress
Silk larva and the cocoon
Hand spinning
Raw wool waiting to be spun.
Spinning
Gathering something, but what?
Wool half spun
Intricate work
Felt slippers
A lot of wool to be spun
Wool working or rope making?
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
Wool spinning the traditional way.
Balls of newly spun wool
Any ideas what he is doing here?
Spinning by hand
Weaving
Weaving tools in use
Not the neatest but definitely the warmest.
Rope making by hand
The pattern is progressing
Rope making
A flock of sheep
Not sure who has the warmer coat.
Spinning wool by hand
Spinning and winding wool
Teasing thread
Rope making the hard way
Teasing a thread of some sort
Drawing silk threads
Making a felt hat
Yarns ready for weaving
Unravelling the threads
Pressing the felt
A happy weaver
Weaver at work
Wool spinning by hand
A historical loom?
wool spinning
Drawing the silk threads
Drawing silk into skeins
Weaving in progress
Felt slippers
Spinning by hand
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
Spinning
Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Competing for the woolliest coat.
Felt working
Hat moulds
Full length sheepskin coat
Starting a thread
spinning by hand
Keeping warm with the sheep
Weaving
Wool spinning by hand
Hand spinning
A wool winder
Hat moulds
Felt hat making
Views
/110
Copyright of the photographs is held by Steve R. Salter and the Tools and Trades History Society and the photographs here are watermarked accordingly. Higher resolution unwatermarked images are available on application to TATHS at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. but any use of them must include a reference to Steve R. Salter as copyright holder and to TATHS.
