The Arran Heritage Museum at Rosaburn, Brodick, holds its first special event day of the season on Sunday (June 18).
At their annual Craft Day visitors can see all kinds of local traditional skills and crafts in action. Experts will demonstrate sheep shearing, wool dyeing, spinning and weaving, quilting, embroidery, felting, rag rugging, butter making, and many other skills throughout the afternoon, from 1.30pm onwards.
A group of local young musicians and the Isle of Arran Pipe Band will each be performing; and other traditional music-making will also be evident throughout the afternoon. Additionally a local group of gaelic singers will sing the songs used in days gone by to ‘waulk’ newly made cloth to make it thicker after washing, soaking, beating, and shrinking by rhythmically moving the cloth in time to the music. There will of course be the traditional tombola with great prizes, and Café Rosaburn will be serving up delicious snacks.