Liis Luhamaa

@karrasht @Szolgadal_2001 These pick-up woven belts (kirivöö) were usually woven with a shed stick and string heddles. Rigid heddle was not very common in Estonia.

Estonian patterns.

@KadriLiik @heathersimonds It basically means that the patterns were picked up by hand while weaving the fabric on the loom. It was used to add more complicated patterns to the fabric without adding extra shafts or treadles. epood.saara.ee/pood/moekad-mu…

@LLuhamaa @heathersimonds Thank you! What is pick-up technique?

So, here comes my naval analyses :) This is what I can say about cruiser Moskva - and its linkage to yellow skirts of Muhu island.  A thread:

@heathersimonds @KadriLiik The patterned stripes in Muhu skirt fabrics were actually woven, not embroidered. Including the cats that were woven by pick-up technique. Which makes these skirts and Muhu women even more amazing ♥️

@KadriLiik Mostly floral embroidery but the blue ones look like cats.

@KadriLiik Saving Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Online is another project: sucho.org

I was wondering if anyone has thought of archiving all the things that are rapidly becoming inaccessible. Wonderful, this is a huge service!