Making Rya Rugs

In this method of rya making the rya knots are made at the same time as the background cloth is woven.

Making rya rugs. Mar 12 2020 rya rugs were in most scandinavian homes from the days of the vikings to recent decades. Their rya business provided all the supplies needed from sweden for the rya rug making process. For more information please visit scandinavian weaves workshop. Now it seems interest in rya rug making is growing.

Though rya means rug in english the original meaning in sweden of rya was a bed cover with a knotted pile. Ryas became part of the midcentury modern era but supplies became less and less available in the early 1980s. The first ryas originated in the early fifteenth century as coarse long piled heavy covers used by. Fire bird by barbro vollmer.

Make offer mid century wool rya rug 1960s. The design was drawn up as a cartoon and i followed as best i could. Rya rug weaving workshops i will be offering rya rug weaving workshops where you will learn how to weave a rya rug using a table loom or a floor loom. Make offer vintage wavy ombre striped rya rug 78 x 52 black brown tan white mid century mod.

Here are a series of pictures i took as the rug progressed. I was born into a rya rug family. The rya business was sold out of the family in the mid 80 s yet i continued to make ryas and teach. Vintage wavy ombre striped rya rug 78 x 52 black brown tan white mid century mod.

A rya or rye is a traditional scandinavian wool rug with a long pile of about 1 to 3 inches. Three strands of carpet wool made the knots which were knotted over two linen warp threads. In this method of rya making the rya knots are made at the same time as the background cloth is woven. They were made using a form of the ghiordes knot to make the double sided pile fabric.

Making a rya knot rug. That was back in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Rya rug weaving workshops i will be offering rya rug weaving workshops where you will learn how to weave a rya rug using a table loom or a floor loom. My grandparents angie and bill lundgren imported rya kits and supplies from sweden from 1955 1970s.

On the loom. I worked as designer and helper extraordinaire for lundgren rya in the late 1970 s early 80 s. For more information please visit scandinavian weaves workshop.