Technique and craft
Platoshnitsa
A platoshnitsa is a craftswoman who specialises in hand-knitting warm shawls from down yarn. Stoles and gossamer shawls are knitted by openwork down knitters.
A platoshnitsa is a craftswoman who specialises in hand-knitting warm shawls from down yarn. Stoles and gossamer shawls are knitted by openwork down knitters.
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