Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Drawing silk threads
Rope making
Wool spinning
Spinning
Weaving
There is a thread of some sort there.
Spinning by hand
Wool spinning the traditional way.
Not the neatest but definitely the warmest.
Silk larva and the cocoon
Rope making the hard way
The pattern is progressing
Hand spinning
Teasing a thread of some sort
Knitting
Teasing thread
Rope making by hand
Weaving in progress
Finished felt hats
Hat moulds
Concentration!
A historical loom?
A wintry scene
Weaving in progress
Knitting?
Wool awaiting spinning
Weaver at work
The pile is going down
A sheepskin collar and coat
Soaking the silk cocoons
Starting a thread
Felt slippers
The sheep look neater!
Pressing the felt
Hand spinning
Many threads being drawn into one
Hand spinning
Hat moulds
Felt working
wool spinning
It looks a mess whatever it is.
The face of a man who knows how to keep warm.
A wool carder
Weaving or wool spinning, that is the question?
Shaping the hat
spinning by hand
A silk moth.
There was a rope walk in the background here.
Full length sheepskin coat
A lot of wool to be spun
A fiddly job
Wool spinning by hand
A happy weaver
Wool spinning by hand
Soaking the silk cocoons
Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Keeping warm with the sheep
A wool winder
Intricate work here.
Spinning and winding wool
Raw wool waiting to be spun.
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
The raw material
Unravelling the threads
Any ideas what he is doing here?
Silk cocoons
A flock of sheep
Competing for the woolliest coat.
Wool working or rope making?
Unwinding the silk strands
Concentration on the job
Weaving tools in use
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