Deffect or not?

Almost each sale of kelagayi is attached with an explanation regarding what is a defect in a ready-made kelagayi and what is not.

Thus, the items below are not defect:

1. Small points scattered onto the field often in the same color of the picture are not defect but a feature of the kelagayi. How they appear? When the artisan applies the reserving composition by means of galibs the composition gets warmed till a certain temperature it may drop down from the galib with a separate point having, as usual, a small diameter.

2) Sometimes a kelagayi has a sticking-up thread and it is not a defect, too! The thread from the silk cocoon is not endless and, sometimes thread may break on the knitting machine. In this case, the artisan does not tie a new thread but puts thread above and makes 2-5 ends.  They may be bravely but accurately cut with scissors; hereby, the cloth does not come unraveled because it is not kapron tights. Exclusion is when such threads are lot all over the field.

3) If color mixture is equal all over the field, in most cases it is the artisan’s idea.  

4) Unprocessed edges of kelagayi are normal case. They get processed only during preparation of fringes.

A defect is:

1) Black stains on kelagayi – usually it is badly washed-out oil for cleaning the reserving composition.

2) Contrasting formless stains; for example, light ones on dark background and dark ones on light backgrounds.

3) It is clear that holes are also defects.

The second and equally important question many buyers have is about the color of kelagayi and, in particular, the main background and purity of its color.

Often multiple coloration is used; for instance, firstly kelagayi is fully colored in yellow; then, pictures are applied by means of galibs and then it is colored in black – subsequently, pure black will never appear and, it will have green tint.   If it is fully colored in red, the ornament is applied and then, colored in black – the color becomes dark chocolate but not pure black. Colored in red and picture is applied; colored in blue and a violet kerchief with crimson ornament; hereby acquisition of blue color is impossible.  Shortly, coloration depends on the law of color blending. That’s why sometimes the main background on grey-pink kerchiefs have pinky tint. The artisan may acquire a pure color; however, it is troublesome and long-term process, that’s why is implemented rarely.

Never forget that although the kelagayies get photographed with professional equipment in studio, the color hesitates upon consignments (anyway, it is manual coloration) and, color rendition of your monitors, laptops and phones may distinguish and express a different color despite of processing of photos by us using photoshop for more precise color rendition (on our devices). Consider that photographing each delivered kelagayi is physically impossible even if differs from the previous one for a bit or, sometimes is insignificantly darker or lighter.