The art of embroidery in Kyrgyzstan has ancient traditions but earlier articles haven’t kept.
Embroidery the sphere of woman’s  creative. Women keep and develop the traditions of this art. Usually the more talented embroiders create the patterns, improvising the compositions, refreshing them, they embroider without preliminary of pattern.

By embroidery were decorated a lot of articles necessary in daily life or in solemn occasion. The all house-hold of Kyrgyz people left mark on art of embroidery.

The majority of embroidered articles  had practical using and also served as decoration of yurta.

As it was told by embroidery was created  a lot of articles. For example, the article which are serve of parts of yurta; stripes “jabysh bash”, the inside cover of exit curtain-“eshik tysh”. By embroidery was decorated stripes “ashkana bashi”- fixed to the top part of mats “ashkana” and also carpet”altygat” on which usually sat guests.

By embroidery were decorated bags  different  by the shapes and using.
The other sphere of using of embroidery were articles of saddle-horse decoration. By embroidery was decorated the covers under horse saddle on which the young women rode during summer migrations to the pastures, and also by it was decorated the horse on which the young woman moved to the husband’s ail(village).

Embroidery took the main part in decorating of women’s and men’s clothes and on the women’s head-dresses.

In modern Kyrgyzstan rooms are decorated by embroidered “tush kyiz”. The embroidered articles take the great place in house decoration and that is why the embroidery is one of the base type of national handicraft.

The embroiders are called “saimachi”. The embroidery  as it was before it is the mass art  which are able to use the majority of Kyrgyz women.

            In process of embroidery are used various art methods.

The Kyrgyz embroidery was made by border, leather, velvet, wool and cotton cloth using  wool and silk  or cotton threads. Some years later was used the black velvet , which was manufactured in Russia.

Besides the velvet, the majority of modern articles are embroidered on white manufacturing cloth.

In the north Kyrgyzstan the embroiders in the process of embroidery use special tambours: the cloth is tight up on rectangle frame which is called “kergich”.

The technique of embroidery is very various. The embroiders  very often use the chain-stitch “ilme” which is made by needle, on the north such stitch is called “ilme shibege” and it’s made by special hook “shibege”.

The cross embroidery “jomomo’ on old Kyrgyz articles is very seldom met, but at the last years under influence of Kyrgyz communication with Russian, it’s got the widely spreading. The influence of this communication  is deflexed in it’s name –“orus saima”. In modern embroidery is also used double Bulgarian cross.

In coloring of Kyrgyz ornamental embroidery is dominated  dark-red color of purple- red shadow.

The more earlier articles are almost monochromic; they are embroidered by threads of some colors. In such articles is added a little bit of white or white-yellow colors. The dominating of dark-red color on black background with some white and yellow addling gives to the embroidery the peculiar character.

The interchanging of colors is following: red-blue, red-white, red-green, red-yellow, red-blue and ect. Beside of articles of red color dominating , there are also exit the articles with many colored  embroidery, in which all colors are used: red, white, yellow, green, blue, and also appears violet which wasn’t used before. The Kyrgyz names of embroidery are connected with cattle-breeding.

They are the names of some parts of animals and birds (for example, “kochkormuiuz”-the horn of sheep), “karga turmak”(claws of raven) or house-hold articles (for example”kogor”-the leather vessel for “kumyz”). Some names are taken from vegetable kingdom (“gul”-flower ), or other (“aichyk”-moon).

There are some patterns: “badam”(almond). The round rosette-one of the basing ornament of embroidery motives. The names of them are changed according to the filling of rosettes by different patterns. For example “topu tala”(the fild of skull-cap), “takiya tobo (the top of skill-cap), “togyz dobo”(the nine hills).

In Kyrgyz embroidery is very seldom met the motive “anar”- the pomegranate and also there is the motive “kiyal”(fantasy).  There are the pictures of animals: camels, horses, donkeys, goats, cows, deer and ect.

In south of Kyrgyzstan the embroidery is taken the leading role; and they kept the more old and unique of Kyrgyz sewing traditions with using colored wool threads on leather, thick felt and house-weaving.

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