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====Ukrainian ==== There are many styles of Ukrainian drawn thread. In ''merezhka'' (drawn-work), threads of the ground cloth are cut only vertically. Vyrizuvannya ("cutwork") is often drawn in two directions. "Poltava-style" ''merezhka'' might be translated into English as "layerings".The technique for doing Poltava-style basically involves withdrawing sets of parallel threads of weft while leaving others in place, then using the antique hem-stitch (called ''prutyk'') and this special "layerings" technique to create both the openwork "net" and areas of solid needle-weaving <ref>{{cite book |last1=Stanton |first1=Yvette |title=Ukrainian Drawn Thread Embroidery: Merezhka Poltavaska |date=2007 |publisher=Vetty Creations |location=Australia |isbn=978-0975767719}}</ref>
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