Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Spinning by hand
Weaving in progress
The sheep look neater!
Knitting?
There is a thread of some sort there.
Wool half spun
Rope making by hand
Gathering something, but what?
A fiddly job
Very intricate wheels. What are they for?
Intricate work
Hat moulds
Keeping warm with the sheep
Wool spinning by hand
Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
The face of a man who knows how to keep warm.
Spinning
Weaving or wool spinning, that is the question?
Not the neatest but definitely the warmest.
Wool spinning the traditional way.
A wool carder
Yarns ready for weaving
Starting a thread
Unwinding the silk strands
Hand spinning
Silk larva and the cocoon
Spinning and winding wool
Silk being drawn into yarn
A happy weaver
The pattern is progressing
Wool spinning by hand
Hand spinning
Concentration!
Weaver at work
Drawing the silk threads
Knitting
Inserting a coloured thread
Finished felt hats
Spinning
A flock of sheep
spinning by hand
Weaving in progress
Silk cocoons
Soaking the silk cocoons
Unravelling the threads
A lot of wool to be spun
Wool awaiting spinning
A historical loom?
Spinning wool by hand
Making a felt hat
There is someone inside that!
Drawing silk threads
Concentration on the job
Close up of the spinning process
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