he main centers of traditional Velykoberezkiy shuttle-sorting and lace weaving are the villages of Velyki Berehy and Kidyosh in Berehovo district. Among other varieties, this craft is distinguished by delicacy, restraint, elegance, and, what is the most important, in Transcarpathia it is intertwined with different national cultures – Hungarian, Austrian and Ukrainian.

Both in ancient times and now woven works of art appear to the world with help of wooden machine tool, so-called horizontal “krosna” with “berdy” that are 60–80 cm long. The main raw material is hemp and flax. Weaving techniques, the combination of ornament with traditional use of colors (blue, black) and woven lace came to us from Vienna in 80’s of the XIX century. In last century the glory about skillfulness of velykoberezki embroiderers and weavers reached Paris – ribbons with ornaments made by local craftswomen were used even in the capital of world fashion. Since last century because fabric production received access to colour spinning, the color range was complemented with red and white. Subsequently the multicolour combination was occasionally applied. Traditional patterns were and are used for decoration of clothes, household items, interiors. For products ornamentation stylized geometric floral and animal ornaments are mostly used.