Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
A happy weaver
Spinning
Rope making the hard way
A silk moth.
Wool spinning
Spinning
Full length sheepskin coat
Felt working
The sheep look neater!
He looks warmer than the photographer.
Soaking the silk cocoons
Spinning
There is a thread of some sort there.
wool spinning
Spinning by hand
The pattern is progressing
A wool winder
Concentration!
Wool half spun
A wool carder
Spinning by hand
Rope making by hand
Wool working or rope making?
A wintry scene
Drawing silk into skeins
spinning by hand
Keeping warm with the sheep
Spinning and winding wool
Felt slippers
Silk cocoons
Silk larva and the cocoon
Wool spinning
Teasing a thread of some sort
A historical loom?
Weaving in progress
Competing for the woolliest coat.
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
Concentration on the job
Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
A flock of sheep
Drawing the silk threads
Intricate work here.
Any ideas what he is doing here?
Soaking the silk cocoons
There was a rope walk in the background here.
Hand spinning
Knitting
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