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