Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Weaving in progress
He looks warmer than the photographer.
Silk cocoons
Making a felt hat
Rope making by hand
Unravelling the threads
Spinning and winding wool
Wool spinning the traditional way.
A proper sheepskin coat!
The sheep look neater!
Any ideas what he is doing here?
Intricate work
Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Spinning by hand
Spinning
Unwinding the silk strands
Hat moulds
Wool spinning by hand
Soaking the silk cocoons
All keeping warm in the cold.
Raw wool waiting to be spun.
Silk larva and the cocoon
Yarns ready for weaving
A happy weaver
Starting a thread
Inserting a coloured thread
Wool spinning
Teasing thread
The pile is going down
Knitting
Silk cocoons
Shaping the hat
Felt working
A wintry scene
Weaving
Weaving in progress
Rope making the hard way
Keeping warm with the sheep
Weaving
Pressing the felt
The raw material
There is someone inside that!
A sheepskin collar and coat
Close up of the spinning process
A fiddly job
Drawing silk into skeins
Teasing a thread of some sort
Knitting?
Hand spinning
Concentration!
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
Felt slippers
Felt slippers
Wool working or rope making?
A wool carder
Many threads being drawn into one
Rope making
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