Debbie (center) brought two sheep to the event, and allowed everyone, including a host of children, to feel the sheep's wool before they started.

Debbie prepares to move the first sheep onto the shearing table.

Preparations are made to begin shearing as the sheep rests on the shearing table.

Wool is clipped from the sheep, starting from its front shoulders. The wool, with a yellow tint, can be seen just below the clippers as it falls to the table's top. The color looks different because it is an inside layer of wool, closer to the sheep's skin. That wool has not been as exposed to dirt and the weather's elements, but still provides plenty of insulation for the sheep during colder months.

Here you can see more of the wool, and the lines along the sheep's back where the clippers have trimmed the wool from the sheep in a series of strokes. The children in the foreground, enlisted by Debbie to help with the shearing, are holding bags to collect the wool, which is roughly sorted as "good" and "bad" wool.