>> WE DESIGNED THIS WHOLE TO BE ABLE TO GO 55 MILES PER HOUR.
>> ON THE DOCKS.
>> THIS IS WHAT MAKES IT ALL WORTHWHILE.
>> YARDS -- YARNS ARE HAND DEYES.
>> FISHING FOR PHOTOS.
MASTERING THE SOFTWARE SHAME.
-- SOCK MACHINE.
>> I HAVE PEOPLE COMING TO LEARN HOW TO MAKE SOCKS.
>> GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.
FRESH LOBSTER, COZY BLANKETS.
THE MUSEUM IN THE STREETS.
YOU CAN FIND IT ALL IN BELFAST, MAINE.
>> THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO VISIT WHEN THE CITY SPARKLES IN THE COLD CRISP AIR.
>> AUTUMN IN MAINE.
A LAID-BACK PARADISE.
WE ARE TRAVELING NORTH TO BELFAST.
>> WILL OUT OF BED AND RIGHT TO WORK.
>> THIS SUMMER CITY TAKES A BREATH IN FALL.
BY NO MEANS DOES IT SHUT DOWN.
THIS WORKING WATERFRONT HAS SHIPS TO BUILD AND LOBSTERS TO CATCH.
>> BELFAST WAS JUST A REGULAR SMALL TOWN.
IT HAS BEEN GREAT.
THE TOWN IS BUSY OVER HERE.
BELFAST HAS REALLY BLOOMED.
>> FOR MORE THAN 90 YEARS, THEY HAVE BEEN BRINGING THE PEOPLE OF FRESH, LOCAL SEAFOOD.
>> MY GRANDFATHER STARTED THE COMPANY.
HE RETIRED AND MOVED EVERYTHING DOWN HERE.
I HAVE MY DAUGHTER’S AND WIFE.
THEY ALL WORKING FOR ME.
THEY ARE A GREAT BUNCH OF GUYS.
THE NEXT THE CUSTOMERS FEEL VERY WELCOME HERE.
THAT IS WHAT MAKES IT ALL WORTHWHILE.
>> ONCE A SMALL PRODUCTION, THEY NOW BRING IN THEIR CATCH EVERYDAY.
>> WE WILL SORT THEM BY TANKS AND SIZES.
THIS IS A HARD SHELL LOBSTER, THIS IS A SOFTSHELL LOBSTER.
SOFTSHELL LOBSTER IS BRAND-NEW SHOWS.
HARD SHELL LOBSTER IS SCUFFED UP.
THEY HAVE BEEN DRAGGING THEIR CLAWS ON THE BOTTOM.
WE JUST BUILD ABOUT.
IF SOMEBODY WANTS A WEDDING OR SOMETHING, WE SAY HOW MANY LOBSTERS DO YOU WANT?
>> TAKE IN ORDER TO GO OR GRABBING A PICNIC TABLE OUT- BACK.ING A PICNIC TABLE OUT- >> IT GETS CRAZY SOMETIMES.
PEOPLE SAY I CAN’T GET A TABLE.
I SAID I DON’T KNOW, SIT OUTSIDE.
>> IT IS ALL GOOD.
>> LOBSTERS, CLAMS AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN.
ONE OF HIS BIG SELLERS IS THE LOBSTER ROLL.
>> THE TRADITIONAL WAY WE DO IT IS MAYONNAISE WITH A HAMBURGER BUN.
THE LIPIDS OF LETTUCE ON THE TOP.
PEOPLE KEEP RETURNING HERE.
WE KEPT AWAY, MONTH AFTER MONTH, YEAR AFTER YEAR.
THIS IS GOING TO BE THE BEST WE CAN GET AND THE BEST WE CAN PUT OUT.
HOPEFULLY THEY ARE HAPPY WHEN THEY LEAVE.
>> LOBSTERS IN MAINE, OF COURSE.
ALPACAS?
>> WE ARTIE HAD THE ALPACAS.
WITHOUT WE CAN DO IT BETTER THAN ANYBODY ELSE.
WE ENDED UP GOING OUT TO MICHIGAN TO WORK AT A MILL CALLED STONEHENGE FIBER MILL.
>> THE REST IS HISTORY.
AMY AND JIM GRANT MAKE YARN HERE THAT THERE COULD, FARM.
>> THERE IS A LOT OF GREAT YARN OUT THERE.
THE FACT THAT WE ARE MAKING IT HERE, BELIEVE ME, THERE ARE MANY TIMES WE’RE CHASING SHEEP ON THE ROAD.
WE CAN TO MAKE THINGS EXTRA HARD ON OURSELVES.
>> NINE ALPACAS AND 22 SHOULD PROVIDE FIBER TO MAKE YARN.
>> IS LANDED SHEEP -- ICELANDIC SHEEP HAVE A SHORTER IN A COAT.
IT WAS A SPENDS A YARN THAT IS DIFFERENT THAN ANY OF THE OTHERS WE SPIN.
THE YARN WE MAKE IS MADE WITH ALPACA, ANIMALS AND OTHER FARMS.
>> VISITORS ARE WELCOME AT THE FARM.
WHO KNOWS?
JIM MIGHT MAKE YOU A PAIR OF SOCKS WHILE YOU WAIT.
AFTER ALL, HE DOES RUN A SOCK SCHOOL.
. WE WOULD GO TO THIS FIBER SHOWS AND EVERYBODY THOUGHT IT WAS GREAT THAT MY WIFE HAD THIS MILL.
I STARTED TO KNIT.
I STARTED TEACHING OTHER PEOPLE HOW TO DO IT.
NOW I HAVE PEOPLE COMING FROM ALL OVER THE PLACE.
>> THE FACT THAT WE CAN LIVE ON THIS FARM AND CONTINUE TO FROM THIS LAND, THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO US.
BEING ABLE TO PRESERVE THIS AND WORK ON THIS FARM IS DEFINITELY A PRIORITY.
>> WE HAVE SOME GOOD NEWS TO REPORT.
A BABY ALPACA WAS ONE.
>> THEY USED TO RAISE TURKEYS.
NOW THEY HAVE CHICKENS.
THEY TAKE ORDERS YEAR-ROUND.