11 Russian Ways To Tie Your Scarf

Learn how to tie your scarf or shawl at The Russian Store:

1. On your shoulders
2. On your head tied under chin as “Babushka”
3. On your head tied on the back as in 70^th
4. “Gypsy” tie over your forehead
5. As a head band
6. As a neck tie
7. As a decorative bib
8. Tied over one shoulder
9. As a holster top
10. As a hip hugger
11. As a belt

Do you know how to wrap and tie your shawl?

The Russian Store will teach you how to wear your shawl

Let’s get started with some Wool Shawls!

We’ve gotten many questions and comments from customers on suggestions on how to wear some of our Russian Shawls. We thought we’d make some videos on possible looks that you might enjoy. We plan more videos in the future with narration, and tips on how to tie the various knots, if you have any questions, we encourage you to leave a comment!

All of our shawls are Russian imported, and come from the world famous Pavlovo Posad Shawl Factory, which have been making, (and in our opinion perfected the art of) shawls for over 250 years!

We have both wool shawls, and silk shawls/scarves available, in a variety of colors, sizes, styles, and themes, so be sure to check out our collection of Russian Shawls!

Also check out another video 11 Russian Ways To Tie Your Scarf…

How You Should Open up Your Russian Nesting Dolls

 Hmm, how do I get these Nesting Dolls to open?

When we receive e-mails or calls on how to open up our Nesting Dolls, we usually direct them to our blog post entitled “How You Should Open up Your Russian Nesting Dolls”.

However, it’s always better to show, rather than tell (after all, monkey see, monkey do!) So here’s a video on opening up our large and standard sized Nesting Dolls!

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How to Clean Your Amber Jewelry

We receive a lot of questions from customers, and Amber collectors, on how to properly clean, and care for, their favorite pieces of amber. So if you’re new to the world of amber, or just looking to mantain the beauty of some of your favorite pieces, we’re here to help with this video!

If you’ve like to learn more about our Amber Jewelry, just click here!

Your going to want to start with:

• -Two containers of water.
  -A toothbrush
  -Some liquid Soap
  -Some olive oil.
  -And a few towels

-The first step is to mix a small amount of liquid soap in the water.

-Next take the toothbrush, dip it in the soap and water mixture, and scrub the amber gently.

• -You’re going to want to focus on the area wear the silver meets the amber, or in the case of amber without silver, in between the amber stones, or beads.

-Next, rinse off any residue from the soap, by washing off the amber in your other container of water.

-Then take a very small amount of olive oil, apply it to your hand, (or finger depending on the size of the amber) and work it into the stone. This will keep your stone with a beautiful luster.

• -Remember to be careful when cleaning Amber has an approximately Mohs Hardness Value of 2.5, which means it’s a very soft gemstone, and can be scratched.

How To Wear Smaller Russian Shawls, and Scarves.

Our traditional smaller Russian Shawls are just as popular as our larger ones. Their uses are limited only by your fashion sense, we’ve put together this viedo to give you some tips, and ideas on how you can wear them. If you have any other styles, or any uses of shawls as a piece of home decor, please leave us a comment, we’d be glad to hear from you.

All of our traditional Russian Shawls, both silk and wool, come from the award winning, world famous, Pavlovo Posad Shawl Factory in Russia. This particular shawl is silk, and measures 35″ by 35″. We also have wool shawls in the same size, so be sure to check out our entire collection of Russian Shawls. And take a look at How to Wear our Wool Shawls.