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UKRAINIAN RUSHNYKY
Click on Images to see the basket weave of the Aida material.
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R8
Long Rushnyk Size 13" x 74" 1 in stock
$89.95 ea.
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 R8a
Enlarged bottom view of Rushnyk
8. There are 6
rows of cutwork which are interwoven with gold silk thread. Fabric is Aida Cloth -
like a basket weave.
Click on image to getter a bigger and better image |

R8b
Enlarged view of Rushnyk 8. The embroidered pattern is huckweaving, about 25" long.
The same pattern is done on the opposite side. Gold Silk floss threads are the main color
scheme with hints of olive green and a rusty orange in the center of
diamond patterns.
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R7
Short and Narrow Rushnyk
Old Gold Silk Floss on Aida Cloth. 6 rows of cutwork with
gold thread running through the holes. 8 1/2" x 40"
1 in stock
$34.95 ea.
sold
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R7a
Enlarged view of R7. The embroidered pattern is huckweaving,
about 14" long. The same pattern is done on the opposite
side. Ideal to cover an icon - also used during a wedding
ceremony
for tying the bride's and groom's hands. Click on image |
 R10
Long Rushnyk 13" x
74" 1 in stock $79.95 ea. |

R10a
Enlarged view of R10. The
embroidered pattern is huckweaving. The same pattern is done on the
opposite side. Embroidered in burgundy colors. The back side is
the reverse of the front side. Embroidery technique is "nyzynka" meaning
low. 4 rows of cutwork.
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R11 Long Rushnyk 12 1/2" x
70" 1 in stock $79.95 ea.
sold |
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R11a
Enlarged view of R11. The embroidered pattern is huckweaving.
The same pattern is done on the opposite side. Embroidered in
burgundy colors. The back side is the reverse of the front side.
Embroidery technique is "nyzynka" meaning low. |

R12
Long Rushnyk 13" x
73" 1 in stock $79.95 ea.
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 R12a
Enlarged view of R23. The embroidered pattern is huckweaving.
The same pattern is done on the opposite side. Embroidered in
burgundy colors. The back side is the reverse of the front side.
Embroidery technique is "nyzynka" meaning low.
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R13
Long Rushnyk
Traditional Roses Size 13" x
74"
1 in stock
$94.95 ea. |
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R13a
Enlarged view of R13a. The embroidered technique is
cross stitch. The
same pattern is done on the opposite side. The pattern of
roses is repeated
on the opposite end. 34" of the material in the
middle is
left plain. Fabric is Aida cloth - a type of closely
knit basket weave.
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R13b
Enlarged view of R13b of the roses. There are 8
rows of cutwork with thread running through. The fringes are hand
knotted. Embroidered by a village women in Kolymaya, Western Ukraine.
As with all the rushnyky wash in warm sudsy water, hang over an iron
board, iron on low heat.
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R15
Long Rushnyk
Traditional Roses Material for the
Rushnyk
Hand loom woven linen
12" x 76" 1 in stock
$99.95 ea.
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 R15a
Enlarged view of R15.
Theme - Roses which are a bright color. The pictures do not quite
show the true red. The embroidered pattern is done in cross
stitching. It is 22" long on the opposite ends. All the fringes are
gathered in small groups and hand tied. A very traditional work of
embroidery featuring the very popular design of ROSES. |
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 R18
Long Rushnyk
Fully Embroidered Rushnyk 13" x
80" 1 in stock $99.95 ea.
sold |
 R18a
The embroidered pattern is about 30" long including the 3 diamonds
toward the center. Cherries and Stars motif. An elaborate work of
art. Fabric is a heavier weight of Aida cloth. |

R18b
Enlarged View of
the elaborate design done in
cross stitch. The
pattern repeats itself on the opposite end. Ideal for a
wedding or anniversary present.
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Married Couple in a village in Western Ukraine. The bride Halia is wearing a kerchief
which indicates that she is now a women - not a maiden. Tradition is
that now her head has to be covered. The groom Slavko is wearing a
shirt that Halia embroidered for him. On the wall behind them is
large loom woven rug.
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Table 2
Corner Border
Size is 25" x
27"
$64.95 ea.
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 Table 2a
Enlarged view of designs that are embroidered
on most of the Aida cloth material. Is a heavier weight of material. |
 Table 2b
Center view of tablecloth
Cutwork is sewn into the fold over hem Design of pattern all along
is 6 1/2 inches wide. |

Table 2c
The center white piece which is not embroidered measures
10 1/2
inches
by 10". |
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Background Information on RUSHNYKY
Beside cross stitch a common
embroider technique used especially in the long and narrow runners
(rushnyky) is called Swedish or huck weaving. The Ukrainian term used
is ny-zyn-ka meaning "low".
Rushnyky are very commonly used in all forms of ceremonial rituals. I
observed on the engagement of my young relative that she began
to embroider a rushnyk for her future husband as a sign of marriage
commitment. At the wedding ceremony the young couple bridal couple
then stood on the embroidered rushnyk. Midway through the
liturgy the bridal couple's hands are joined together and tied with a
shorter rushnyk as a symbol of their devotion to each other forever. In addition
to the rushnyky being used in wedding ceremonies, they are hung
over icon pictures at home or in church; given away at funerals to pallbearers,
grave diggers, cooks and other helpers. ====================================
Dr. Natalie Kononenko, a professor in Ukrainian Folklore at the
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada explains, " that
a rushnyk is a ritual towel.
The word
comes from ruka, meaning hand, and a regular rushnyk would be simply a
towel, a piece of cloth that a person could use to wipe his or her
hands. Rushnyk has acquired and is currently used in a double meaning:
it retains its simple meaning of "towel" and it has also
acquired the meaning of ritual object. The ritual rushnyk is a very
important item to which a great deal of power is ascribed. It is used
… to protect the home and insure the prosperity and fertility of the
inhabitants of the household, among other things.
The origin of the ritual power of the rushnyk is obscure. "It may have
something to do with the ritual potency of weaving and thus of all
cloth. Because the human body is a central symbol in Ukrainian
culture, the power of the rushnyk may be connected to the power of
cloth to clothe the body. This meaning appears in the begging songs of
minstrels and in ritual in the form of the kryzhma, a special cloth
given by the godmother and used in baptism. The power of the rushnyk
may come from the sacred act of of embroidery."
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