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Articles on choosing, care, the history of the craft and Orenburg down shawls.
We collect practical tips and stories that help you understand the Orenburg down shawl better: how to choose an item, how to tell a gossamer shawl from a shawl, how to care for down and why handwork is valued.
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Interview with N.N. Pushkarev, Associate Professor of the Department of Livestock Technology, OSAU
Since our company is interested in supporting, preserving and promoting high-quality items made of genuine Orenburg down, we try to study comprehensively…
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The Grid and the Border – Traditional Elements of a Down Shawl
A genuine, high-quality Orenburg down shawl is identified by 4 main elements: a complex or dense centre, the edging of the centre…
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Zapryad and Nezapryad Thread. Quantity or Quality?
People interested in knitting down shawls, those just taking their first steps in this difficult and interesting craft, and ordinary buyers who…
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The Down Shawl – a "Guest of Honour" at Any Wedding
At all times, a wedding has been one of the brightest and most memorable, yet also most exciting and responsible days in…
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The Great Patriotic War. The Knitters' Contribution to Our Victory.
The Great Patriotic War. A time when everyone had to unite for the sake of victory. A terrible time for our country,…
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Down Items in Modern Cinema.
We all know that down shawls (in particular, of course, the Orenburg one) are frequent "characters" in literature, cinema and music. But…
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Exclusive Books about Down Knitting.
As we have already said, last week our staff visited an exhibition of the down-knitting craft at the Nadezhda Krupskaya Library in…
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The Centre – the Very Essence of a Down Shawl.
When starting to knit a down shawl, it is important to decide on the pattern of its central part. This is because…
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The Points of the Openwork Border – a Distinctive Feature of Down Shawls.
Beautiful, cosy and gentle Orenburg down shawls have certain canons of making, developed over more than two centuries of history.
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Down-Knitting Master Evdokiya Fedorovna Burlutskaya
This April morning we visited a labour veteran, an honoured master of down knitting and simply a wonderful person – Evdokiya Fedorovna…
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Articles that help you choose an item
If you are choosing a shawl for yourself or as a gift, start with the articles on size, density, warmth and the differences between items.
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A gossamer shawl is fine, openwork and almost weightless; it can be pulled through a wedding ring. A shawl is denser and warmer and is worn in cold weather. A warm openwork shawl sits in between: it keeps you warm but retains an openwork pattern.
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Gossamer shawls are most often 120×120 and 150×150 cm, shawls from 100×100 to 150×150 cm, stoles about 60×200 cm. For everyday wear a medium size is more convenient; for a gift, one that looks more striking when unfolded.
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For the older generation, people more often choose a warm shawl or openwork shawl in a natural colour: they are practical and keep you warm. A gossamer shawl is a festive option for a holiday, especially in gift packaging.
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Density can be seen against the light: the fewer gaps in the middle, the warmer the item. Weight is also a clue — a warm shawl is noticeably heavier than a gossamer shawl of the same size.
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About the journal
In the Shalnoy Orenburg journal we publish articles about Orenburg down shawls, gossamer shawls, openwork shawls and stoles: we write about choosing, care, the history of the craft and the features of hand knitting and natural goat down.