Svitlana Pavliuk is one Yavoriv’s few experts who is ready to organise master classes on wool fulling. In addition to her love of weaving, she has another goal in life - to help people. Svitlana introduces visitors to local weavers who, in turn, introduce the loom.

Sheep, wool, threads, small handlooms and nimble women’s hands - the ingredients for Carpathian lizhnyk production for over 500 years. International popularity caught on relatively recently - in the 1930s - when the blankets made their debut at an international trade fair in Vienna. Since that time, lizhnyks have become a livelihood and symbol of prosperity for Yavoriv. Lizhnyks are especially honoured here where they are laid at the feet of young people to ensure good fortune and even sent with loved ones on their final journey in life.

In 2019, Svitlana organised weaving courses when she recruited five weavers from the village and encouraged them to teach the craft to several American tourists. For five days, guests from across the ocean spun and weaved, becoming acquainted with local colour patterns including those of the neighbouring villages Kosmach and Sheshory. Guests also played with a local music trio in an improvised orchestra. Since 2022, the Pavliuk family accommodates up to 40 guests a day in their B&B, providing delicious food, lizhnyk-making lessons and relaxation in splendid Carpathian nature. Unwittingly, these guests are links in a centuries-old chain of production of both warm woollen handcrafts and human happiness.