Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
A wool winder
Unwinding the silk strands
Spinning and winding wool
Wool awaiting spinning
Shaping the hat
Weaving
Raw wool waiting to be spun.
It looks a mess whatever it is.
Weaving in progress
A wintry scene
Finished felt hats
Pressing the felt
There is someone inside that!
Competing for the woolliest coat.
Soaking the silk cocoons
Making a felt hat
A silk moth.
spinning by hand
Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
All keeping warm in the cold.
Wool spinning by hand
The pattern is progressing
Hat moulds
Hand spinning
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
Felt slippers
Not the neatest but definitely the warmest.
Silk cocoons
Hand spinning
Wool spinning
Felt slippers
A sheepskin collar and coat
Inserting a thread
Hand spinning
The raw material
Keeping warm with the sheep
Wool spinning
Spinning by hand
Dressed for the weather.
Spinning
Weaving
Rope making the hard way
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