Keffiyeh with Tatreez (Palestinian embroidery)

Keffiyeh, Shemagh, Kufiya with Tatreez — Palestinian Embroidery Pattern

The keffiyeh and the tatreez come from the same land. This is what they look like on the same cloth.

Tatreez is the embroidery Palestinian women passed from mother to daughter for centuries, and it was never decoration. Each region had its own motifs. You could read where a woman was from by what she wore — the cypress from one village, the moon from another. A whole geography stitched into clothing, which is one reason it survived when so much else didn't.

Here the pattern sits on the traditional weave in red and black. Two languages from one place, saying the same thing.

Product details

• Material: 60% cotton / 40% high-quality synthetic
• Embroidery: Traditional Palestinian tatreez (تطريز) pattern
• Colour: Red and black
• Dimensions: 47 in × 47 in | 120 cm × 120 cm
• Season: All-season — breathable in summer, warm in winter
• Made in Jordan, on looms that have been turning out this cloth for generations

How it arrives

Folded into a triangle and sewn along the diagonal, so the tatreez sits clean and visible every time. It's designed to be worn as a triangle rather than opened into a square. That's a choice, not a defect.

How to wear it

As a headscarf, a neck wrap, a shoulder drape, or a shawl. The keffiyeh has been worn a hundred ways across a hundred years.

Handwoven notes

• Finished by hand. Loose threads happen — trim them carefully. Trims vary.
• Allow about an inch of variation in dimension. Colours may read slightly differently depending on your screen.

راجعين — we shall return.