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