Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Weaving in progress
Full length sheepskin coat
Spinning
Soaking the silk cocoons
Wool waiting spinning
Unravelling the threads
Inserting a thread
Competing for the woolliest coat.
Very intricate wheels. What are they for?
Spinning by hand
The sheep look neater!
Teasing a thread of some sort
Making a felt hat
Weaving
Wool spinning by hand
Soaking the silk cocoons
Yarns ready for weaving
Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Felt slippers
Hand spinning
spinning by hand
Shaping the hat
Rope making
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
Drawing silk threads
A historical loom?
Drawing the silk threads
Pressing the felt
A flock of sheep
Any ideas what he is doing here?
Teasing thread
A lot of wool to be spun
Felt working
Not sure who has the warmer coat.
There is a thread of some sort there.
He looks warmer than the photographer.
Wool working or rope making?
Weaving in progress
Starting a thread
Concentration!
Close up of the spinning process
Weaving
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