Weaving

Weaving is one of humanity's oldest techniques: the making of cloth by interlacing two systems of threads — the lengthwise warp and the crosswise weft — on a loom. In Ukraine weaving was the foundation of the household economy: shirts, ritual towels and tablecloths were sewn from home-woven cloth, while patterned weaving (zakladne, perebirne) produced multicoloured ornaments without embroidery. Regional schools — Krolevets towels, Hutsul lizhnyk blankets, Polissia weaving — had their own motifs and techniques. Weaving requires warp preparation, rhythm and precision. Today hand-weaving is returning as a value of slow, authentic fashion and local craft.