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4th July 09, 09:57 AM
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I don't think we have a photo of it, but the section of the mill that I found fascinating was the darning shop. All fabric is "person-inspected", weft line by weft line. Any defects are marked with a thread and then later corrected by hand. It takes hours per kilt length. The gentleman who gave us the tour explained that it takes more than four years to train someone to do this to standard. The sad part is, young people are not going into these trades/arts anymore. When the existing staff retire, who knows what will happen.
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