An ancient process for the production of sheep wool blankets in Ukraine

Lizhnyk – is a Ukrainian blanket made of 100% natural sheep wool. Lizhnyk is the unique blanket, invented by hutsul people that live in regions of Carpathian Mountains. Contemporary masters of the blankets inherited knowledge and skills of this craft from their ancestors. Ruslana, woman from our video, is a contemporary master that learnt from her mother and grandmother. She showed us the key processes of blankets production. The hutsul masters also invented patterns. First blankets were monochromatic. Further, people added colorful elements, such as strips or geometric figures. The patters you see in our video is called “Christmas star,” represented in most popular combination of colors, red, dark red and green on neutral basis. Wool blanket production for simple Ukrainian folk is craft, art and business as well. Here is the link on Ruslana’s Instagram: __________ 00:00 Beautiful view of the house in the mountains 00:30 Preparation of a basis for weaving 00:50 Fixing a basis on the loom to start production of new blanket 01:26 Pieces of wool drying on fresh air 01:30 Old method of wool combing 02:05 Wool spinning 02:31 Making of “gushkas” – small skeins of wool 02:55 Stretching the basis on the loom 03:02 Weaving on the loom 04:35 Cutting the finished blanket from the loom 05:50 Putting the blanket into valylo – a water tumble 06:05 Under water stream, the blanket becomes thicker, tougher and long lasting 07:48 Placing the blanket into special machine to get rid of water 09:17 Drying the duvet 10:06 Combing of the blanket from one side to make it fluffy __________ Hello, we are from Ukraine 🇺🇦 We love to create documentary video, so we will share such content with you on our channel. We shoot videos about production processes of different items in Ukraine, about life of people in our cities and villages, and also about nature of our beautiful country. Subscribe and don’t miss our videos.