Making Rya Rugs

The design was drawn up as a cartoon and i followed as best i could.

Making rya rugs.

Though rya means rug in english the original meaning in sweden of rya was a bed cover with a knotted pile. In this method of rya making the rya knots are made at the same time as the background cloth is woven. 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. The first ryas originated in the early fifteenth century as coarse long piled heavy covers used by.

Make offer mid century wool rya rug 1960s. Their rya business provided all the supplies needed from sweden for the rya rug making process. 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.

Rug making 16 jiffy rugs easy to make latch hook designs rag cross stitch rya knitted crochet needlepoint home decor craftitwithlove 5 out of 5 stars 342 10 00 favorite. The rya business was sold out of the family in the mid 80 s yet i continued to make ryas and teach. My grandparents angie and bill lundgren imported rya kits and supplies from sweden from 1955 1970s. That was back in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

In their later years her grandparents counted on melinda to act as primary designer teacher and business management. 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. A rya or rye is a traditional scandinavian wool rug with a long pile of about 1 to 3 inches. For more information please visit scandinavian weaves workshop.

Ryas became part of the midcentury modern era but supplies became less and less available in the early 1980s. Making a rya knot rug. For more information please visit scandinavian weaves workshop. I was born into a rya rug family.

Three strands of carpet wool made the knots which were knotted over two linen warp threads. I worked as designer and helper extraordinaire for lundgren rya in the late 1970 s early 80 s. They were made using a form of the ghiordes knot to make the double sided pile fabric. On the loom.

Make offer vintage wavy ombre striped rya rug 78 x 52 black brown tan white mid century mod. Now it seems interest in rya rug making is growing. In this method of rya making the rya knots are made at the same time as the background cloth is woven.