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