Russian Crafts

Light lilac color Orenburg shawl

These shawls are hand-knitted of yarn which was spinned of down from goats which are breaded in Orenburg region (close to the Ural mountains). The shawls are very thin and light, that is why they are called pautinka (cobweb). They are very soft and there no one similar as each one is knitted individually by hand.

The shawls have natural colors of the goats and can be white, gray or brown. On other hand modern fashion demands new colors so knitters used to dye the shawls into different colors.

Orenburg shawls

Orenburg shawls