SWW Film Series: A Guide to Rooing with Carol Christiansen

Dr. Carol Christiansen, a curator at Shetland Museum and Archives demonstrates the technique of rooing a Shetland sheep. Watch as Carol demonstrates how to roo Shetland sheep, Clover, of the Bradley croft, Gletness, separating the old and new fleece at a natural point, leaving the skin side of the old fleece with its finest ends, and the new fleece with its tips intact. Curator at the Shetland Museum, Carol is a mine of information, and shares interesting historical facts throughout this beautiful film, such as how Shetlanders fought back to overturn the proposed outlawing of rooing in 1619 by King James VI.

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