Technique and craft
Border
A border is a strip along the edge of a shawl or warm shawl that differs from the central part of the item in colour and/or pattern. The border of…
A border is a strip along the edge of a shawl or warm shawl that differs from the central part of the item in colour and/or pattern. The border of a down shawl can be knitted in different directions — vertically or horizontally. In the first case it is attached to the main part of the shawl or knitted separately and sewn onto the base by hand. In the second, it is knitted crosswise across the full width of the bottom edge of the item. Traditionally, for warm shawls a lace border is knitted. The rule is: the more complex (more openwork) the centre, the simpler the border. The most common border width is 5 to 10 centimetres.
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