Crios
/ Belt
The traditional
Irish Léine was hitched up to knee length and held in place by
a belt, known in Gaelic as a Crios (pronounced "kriss"). The
traditional Crios was made of hand-woven wool of several colours and
shades. Although no images have survived showing the Léine worn
with the woollen Crios, there are some extant Criosanna (the plural
form) kept in the National Museum of Ireland and the earliest date to
the mid 1600s. These are unlikely to have been the first of them to
be made and they are no doubt of a much earlier vintage. The earliest
surviving Irish belt was made of horse hair and has the same type of
tasselled ends as we find on the colourful woollen Criosanna of many
later centuries.
The Irish
Crios survived well into the twentieth century, worn by the people of
the Aran Islands. These Criosanna are three metres long and are worn
wrapped around the body with one ending left hanging. The other end
is simply tucked in to the layers wrapped around. It therefore has no
knots or ties but simply held in place by itself.
A wide
variety of colours are found in the Irish Crios and we have many examples
of this ancient technique. Some have loose fringed ends and some have
decorative knotwork. While the three metre long Crios is the archetypal
form, we have some shorter lengths which are used as children. Shorter
Criosanna also serve as hand-fasting cords and as such are becoming
very popular, both in religious and secular weddings. All our Criosanna
are hand-made.
Presumably
simple leather belts were also worn with the Léine. We occasionally
have some of this type for sale.
Criosanna
do not have to be worn with traditional clothing. They look fantastic
worn with modern jeans, casual trousers and skirts. See examples below.
PLEASE
NOTE:
— We post worldwide.
— We
use only 100% wool, as our ancestors did.
—- Short
Criosanna are suitable for hand-fasting and as a lasting memory of your
wedding day.
— Hand-fasting
is traditionally part of the Gaelic wedding (Irish/Scottish) custom.
— The
Gaelic crios can be worn with modern clothing giving it an attractive addition.
— There are approx. 200m of yarn in three metres of crios.
— It takes approx. 9 hours to weave one 3m crios.
— Colour can vary depending on the settings of your monitor.


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CR001
TH
Material:
100% wool
Colour:
Bottle green, green, grey, orange, cream and black
Length:
1.41m
Width:
5.5cm
Price:
€68.00+P&P
Note:
Suitable for hand-fasting/ weddings
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CR002
LH
Material:
100% wool
Colour:
Grey, yellow, pink, green, orange and biege
Length:
3.25m
Width:
6cm
SOLD
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CR003
LH
Material:
100% wool
Colour:
Purple, blue, white, black, yellow and cream
Length:
1.40m
Width:
5cm
SOLD
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CR004
LH
Material:
100% wool
Colour:
White, bordo, red, blue, green and dark green
Length:
3.00m
Width:
5cm
SOLD
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CR005
LH
Material:
100% wool
Colour:
Purple, red, bottle green, yellow and white
Length:
3.24m
Width:
4.5cm
SOLD
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CR006
TH
Material:
100% wool
Colour:
Light blue, blue, yellow, black, cream and white
Length:
1.42m
Width:
5cm
SOLD |

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CR007
LH
Material:
100% wool
Colour:
Dark blue, yellow, blue, white and light
grey
Length:
1.35m
Width:
6cm
SOLD
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CR008
LH
Material:
100% wool
Colour:
Green, carrot red, cherry, yellow and cream
Length:
3.0m
Width:
5cm
SOLD |

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CR009
TH
Material:
100% wool
Colour:
Navy blue, brown, pink, red and white
Length:
2.80m
Width:
6cm
Price:
€93.00+P&P
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CR010
TM
Material:
100% wool
Colour:
Purple, blue, white, black, yellow and cream
Length:
1.40m
Width:
5cm
SOLD
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CR011
LH
Material:
100% wool
Colour:
Dark blue, yellow, blue, white, red
and light grey
Length:
1.83m
Width:
6cm
SOLD
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CR012
TH
Material:
100% wool
Colour:
Bottle green, green, grey, orange, white and black
Length:
2.75m
Width:
5cm
SOLD |

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CR013
TH
Material:
100% wool
Colour:
Purple, blue, white, black and yellow
Length:
2.90m
Width:
5cm
SOLD
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CR014
TH
Material:
100% wool
Colour:
Yellow, green, grey, white, orangy red and beige brown
Length:
3.60m
Width:
4.5cm
SOLD
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CR015
LH
Material:
100% wool
Colour:
Burgundy, peach, light grey, red, mustard and white
Length:
1.35m
Width:
6cm
Price:
€68.00+P&P
Note:
Suitable for hand-fasting/ weddings
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CR016
LH
Material:
100% wool
Colour:
Light blue, blue, yellow, grey and white
Length:
1.38m
Width:
5cm
Price:
€68.00+P&P
Note:
Suitable for hand-fasting/ weddings
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CR017
LH
Material:
Woolrich
Colour:
Green, white and orange
Length:
1.35m
Width:
5cm
Price:
€68.00+P&P
Note:
Suitable for hand-fasting/ weddings
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CR018
TH
Material:
100% wool
Colour:
Red, black and maroon
Length:
1.33m
Width:
5cm
SOLD
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CR019
LH
Material:
100% wool
Colour:
Red, orange, blue, green, yellow, light brown, cream and white
Length:
1.50m
Width:
5cm
SOLD
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CR020
Material:
100% wool
Colour:
Green, black, yellow and grey
Length:
3.0m
Width:
5cm
SOLD |

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CR021
LH
Material:
100% wool
Colour:
Olive green, light green, light grey, red, dark blue and white
Length:
1.34m
Width:
6cm
SOLD
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CR022
LH
Material:
100% wool
Colour:
Dark blue, yellow, blue, white, red
and light grey
Length:
3.55m
Width:
5cm
SOLD
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CR023
TH
Material:
100% wool
Colour:
Red, white, blue and black
Length:
3.0m
Width:
5cm
SOLD |

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CR024
TH
Material:
100% wool
Colour:
Bottle green, green, grey, orange, white and black
Length:
1.80m
Width:
5cm
SOLD
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CR025
LH
Material:
100% wool
Colour:
Grey, off white, orange, bordo, green and yellow
Length:
1.60m
Width:
4.5cm
SOLD
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CR026
TH
Material:
100% wool
Colour:
Red, black and maroon
Length:
1.36m
Width:
5cm
SOLD
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CR027
Material:
100% wool
Colour:
Red, white, blue and black
Length:
3.0m
Width:
4.5cm
SOLD |

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CR028
LH
Material:
100% wool
Colour:
Bottle green, green, grey, orange, white and black
Length:
1.80m
Width:
5cm
SOLD
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CR029
TH
Material:
100% wool
Colour:
Red, yellow, green,, light maroon, brown and cream
Length:
3.0m
Width:
5cm
SOLD |

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CR030
TH
Material:
100% wool
Colour:
Light blue, blue, yellow, black, cream and white
Length:
1.37m
Width:
5cm
SOLD
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CR031
LH
Material:
100% wool
Colour:
Purple, cream, yellow, green and brown
Length:
2.90m
Width:
5cm
SOLD
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CR032
LH
Material:
100% wool
Colour:
Grey, orange, green, white, brown, light brown, dark brown
and light grey
Length:
3.20m
Width:
5.5cm
SOLD
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CR033
LH
Material:
100% wool
Colour:
Grey, red, brown, green, blue, yellow and biege
Length:
2.83m
Width:
5cm
SOLD
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CR034
LH
Material:
100% wool
Colour:
Grey, off white, orange, bordo, green and yellow
Length:
3.04m
Width:
4.5cm
SOLD
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CR035
LH
Material:
100% wool
Colour:
White, blue, green, red and dark blue
Length:
3.18m
Width:
5cm
SOLD
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