Geographical peculiarites of ornaments ”Lemkivska embroidery"

It‘s nearly one hundred different images for embroidering which characterizes different ethnographical districts of Ukraine. Even some of them we could see in Russian and Belarussian embroideries.

Lemkivska embroidery

Lemky (nations who lived in the territory of mountains districts of western Ukraine) put on hempen shirt or short linen shirt which tucked into trousers. The shirt had cut in back where tied by red ribbon, embroidered neckband on 1.5 cm. and embroidered sleeves. In warm season they put on linen trousers «nohavky». In winter they wore white, woollen trousers “holoshi” which were covered by narrow, red strip.

Bruslyk (kind of jacket) put on over shirt. A rich red bruslyk was festive variant, it tied on belly. Also wore blue with red embroidery and raw of buttons. On front bruslyk had buttonholes from woolen cord, on back had three cuts and seams which were covered by white cord. Over it put on «hunka» (short, woolen jacket mostly from white woolen; it worn on shoulders and on top fastened by chain. Also worn “chuha“ over bruslyk — dark bronzed mantlet under knees with decorated kaptur ( kind of hood). Kaptur was long, embroidered by dark thread and covered by white crop. Chuha wore only on here sleeves were sewed up.

On head put on black felt hats “kalap” which called Hungarian Also wore small straw hats with rolled brims; they worn them on side, they were decorated by leather string with ostrich feathers (red or black).

On head wore cloth cap which were covered by black sheepskin with straps, which could come down on the ears. This cap was decorated by red kutas (decoration on the clothes ) too. On feet wore kerptsi (leather boots).

The women wore hempen shirts which were embroiderd by cross on the top of sleeves and chests . They were with cufves, had neckband or collar which embroidered or sewed to it wide lace.

The skirts and aprons wore from wool or percale in dark with covered by three transverse ribbons (yellow, red, white or blue). Sometimes was covered the fourth ribbon or lace but the widest ribbon always was in the middle. The traditional skirts were woolen, wide, dirty brown with four covered ribbons. The same ribbons covered for aprons and kerchieves.

The kamizelky (sleeves jackets) embroidered by light red woolen threads with rolled golden thread or covered by red braid or blue dress wore over . On head wore kerchief and married women ochipok- mob cap. In winter wore short hunka (short, woolen jacket). On top wore white embroidered by threads and leather jacket often without sleeves, below the knees. On neck put on patsorky ( kind of necklace ) which looked as collar. They wore leather shoes on foot.

The young women didn’t wear kerchieves at home. They made braid and covered hair by simple small, velvet mob cap, which was decorated by lace. On holidays wore difficult, white head-dress which called “fatselyk”.

The girls entwined in braid red rich, red or green woolen threads and that hair dress finished by kutas (tassel).