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