Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Teasing a thread of some sort
Hand spinning
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
Wool working or rope making?
Hand spinning
Knitting?
There is someone inside that!
Wool awaiting spinning
A sheepskin collar and coat
Dressed for the weather.
Finished felt hats
Wool half spun
Pressing the felt
wool spinning
Felt hat making
Spinning wool by hand
Wool spinning the traditional way.
The pattern is progressing
Weaving in progress
Hat moulds
A wintry scene
Rope making by hand
Spinning by hand
Intricate work
Rope making
Knitting
Wool spinning
Yarns ready for weaving
Spinning by hand
There is a thread of some sort there.
Unravelling the threads
There was a rope walk in the background here.
It looks a mess whatever it is.
Silk cocoons
Concentration!
A wool winder
A wool carder
Competing for the woolliest coat.
A fiddly job
Weaving in progress
Felt working
Gathering something, but what?
Making a felt hat
A lot of wool to be spun
Spinning
Wool spinning by hand
Balls of newly spun wool
A flock of sheep
Silk being drawn into yarn
Spinning
Weaving
Concentration on the job
Rope making the hard way
Wool spinning
Wool spinning by hand
Weaver at work
Rope making by hand
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
Wool waiting spinning
Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Weaving
Soaking the silk cocoons
Weaving
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