From fairs and markets to here
Natalia has sold Ukrainian textiles at fairs and markets across the UK for years. Every piece is sent from our UK base, worldwide. Cultural journeys are run separately by Mavka Folk Tours.
Folk Shop
Rugs, textiles and carved wood from rural Ukraine
Hand-spun, hand-woven, hand-stitched and hand-carved. Most pieces exist once. When one sells, it is gone.
The collection
Rugs and kilims
Rugs and kilims
Vintage clothing
Vintage clothing
Vintage textiles
Vintage textiles
Cushion covers
Cushion covers
Homeware and wooden spoons
Homeware and wooden spoons
Pysanky
Pysanky
How the rugs are made
Spun, woven, then washed in the river
Wool from local sheep is spun by hand and woven on village looms. The finished rug is washed in cold mountain water, which raises the pile and gives it its weight and softness.
New pieces
The cushions
Old cloth, new patterns
Natalia's mother takes antique hand-woven Ukrainian linen and embroiders it by hand. No two are the same.