Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Dressed for the weather.
Drawing the silk threads
Felt working
Weaving in progress
Felt slippers
All keeping warm in the cold.
A flock of sheep
A happy weaver
The face of a man who knows how to keep warm.
Finished felt hats
A lot of wool to be spun
Concentration!
Raw wool waiting to be spun.
Rope making
Balls of newly spun wool
Weaving
The sheep look neater!
Weaving in progress
Unwinding the silk strands
Gathering something, but what?
Teasing a thread of some sort
Wool spinning the traditional way.
A silk moth.
Weaving
A sheepskin collar and coat
Weaver at work
Hand spinning
Full length sheepskin coat
Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Wool spinning by hand
Soaking the silk cocoons
Spinning by hand
Keeping warm with the sheep
Knitting
Hand spinning
Silk being drawn into yarn
Wool spinning
Spinning
Soaking the silk cocoons
Silk cocoons
wool spinning
The raw material
Spinning by hand
Concentration on the job
Unravelling the threads
Hand spinning
Wool spinning
Rope making by hand
Starting a thread
Wool waiting spinning
Intricate work
Drawing silk into skeins
The pattern is progressing
Wool working or rope making?
Pressing the felt
A historical loom?
Wool awaiting spinning
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