Process of creating a bedspread
Production of lizhnyks The process of making lizhnyks consists of several stages. It all starts with the preparation of wool. It is washed, dried, raked, and then spun into yarn.
How to spin yarn correctly. With one hand, you need to collect the wool fibers and pass them thinner or slightly larger on a spindle that spins from the little finger to the thumb.
The spindle spins so fast that you have to keep track of how the bag of wool turns into thick threads. The yarn that has already been folded is called a skein because it is wound on a special device called a reel. If necessary, motashki can be dipped in boiling water, soaked and dyed in different colors.
Thin woolen threads are used to make the warp, and then the creativity begins - the craftswoman weaves the lizhnyk:
The loom has a wound warp on it, and this warp is also woolen. Each thread has its own socket, and these threads are wound alternately on two parts of the loom: one, two, one, two, one, two, one, two, and so on from edge to edge, and the hems are tied to these threads. The word “foot” comes from the word “leg. You have to press on them with your foot. They regulate the position of the base: one goes down, the other goes up. There is a large chute where we put these coarse threads, skeins. They need to be threaded through the base. Now one foot is released, part of the warp is lifted up, and the threads cross each other. Then we nail the foot with a hammer hard, so that there is a loud knock. You need to nail it hard to make the lizhnyk strong, and for this purpose, the warp is the first thing to be done, if the warp is thick, the lizhnyk is “strong.”
Right after the loom, the lizhnyk is called bare. It is not yet used because the warp is still liquid, and threads can come out. In order for the lizhnyk to be well-padded, strong, and to serve its owners for a long time, it needs to be “given” to the rolling mill. The woven cloth is put into a tub, where it lies for three to eight hours. Under the force of the water falling with great force, the fibers are knocked together, the width of the lizhnyk decreases by about 40 centimeters, but the fabric becomes strong and hard, and a small pile appears on the outside.
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Next, the bedspread is combed out. This is a hard and monotonous job. You need to work for several hours with a special large comb. If you want, you can comb the pile on one or two sides. After combing, the bed becomes fluffy and softer to the touch.
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