Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Silk larva and the cocoon
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
Silk being drawn into yarn
Intricate work here.
Making a felt hat
Wool spinning
It looks a mess whatever it is.
Concentration on the job
Very intricate wheels. What are they for?
Shaping the hat
Rope making
Rope making the hard way
A wintry scene
Hand spinning
Weaving or wool spinning, that is the question?
Silk cocoons
Teasing a thread of some sort
Hat moulds
Starting a thread
The pattern is progressing
Spinning
A fiddly job
Weaver at work
A lot of wool to be spun
Wool spinning
Weaving
A flock of sheep
Wool awaiting spinning
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
All keeping warm in the cold.
Weaving
Wool working or rope making?
Wool spinning by hand
Teasing thread
Spinning by hand
Soaking the silk cocoons
Many threads being drawn into one
Weaving
Hat moulds
Raw wool waiting to be spun.
A wool winder
Unravelling the threads
Close up of the spinning process
Spinning by hand
The raw material
Silk cocoons
Yarns ready for weaving
The pile is going down
Wool half spun
The face of a man who knows how to keep warm.
A wool carder
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