Reshetylivka

Reshetylivka is known for two crafts. The first is white-on-white embroidery, where the thread and the cloth are the same colour and the pattern is made entirely by the texture of the stitch, a technique that needs raking light to read at all. The second is carpet weaving in a floral style particular to the region. Both are made in the town, taught at an art school here, and shown in a local museum.

What's there

• The white-on-white embroidery - pattern made by stitch texture rather than colour.
• The carpets - floral woven work in the regional style.
• The art school - the institution teaching both crafts to new makers.
• The museum - historic and current work displayed in the town.

When to go

April to October is the comfortable season. The museum and school keep weekday hours. Craft fairs bring makers together in summer.

Practical notes

Workshops are small businesses and visits need arranging. Genuine hand embroidery is expensive and machine imitations are widely sold. The town has little else for visitors.

Nearby

Poltava is east, and Opishnia is northeast.

Key facts