1
One kört, three seasons of hand
Wool from island sheep, carded in spring and woven through high summer, then stitched by winter candlelight.
2
Stripes that hold lineage
Band count and spacing is not decoration but registry — mothers teach daughters the stripe-grammar of their house.
3
Red speaks, blue grieves
A woman wears saturated madder. In mourning, red yields to dark blue, then returns band by band as grief recedes.
4
Living dress, not museum cloth
Heritage-listed yet still worn to market, to the boat, to the dance — passed down, not preserved behind glass.