Handmade Crochet Gartel, White With Strings and Velvet Bag, Sizes 18 and 22

The white version of the handmade crochet gartel, made with strings and packed in a velvet bag. White is worn on specific occasions rather than daily, which is why the range here is narrow: size 18 and size 22, both of them widths that read properly as a dress gartel rather than a weekday one.

The number counts the strings across the width, so 22 gives a noticeably broader band than 18. Both are substantial enough for the occasions white belongs to. A chosson wears white under the chuppah, and a white gartel goes on with the kittel on Yom Kippur and at the seder, which is when a household discovers it does not own one and has to borrow.

Because it comes in its own velvet bag it needs no wrapping, and it is one of the more common chosson gifts from a kallah's family for exactly that reason. Bought once, worn a handful of times a year, and kept for decades, which is why it is worth buying the handmade one rather than the cheapest.

• Material: Velvet
• Size: Size 18, Size 22
• Size #13 consists of 13 strings in the width and so on)

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