Making Rya Rugs

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.

Making rya rugs.

The rya business was sold out of the family in the mid 80 s yet i continued to make ryas and teach. For more information please visit scandinavian weaves workshop. Vintage wavy ombre striped rya rug 78 x 52 black brown tan white mid century mod. Make offer vintage wavy ombre striped rya rug 78 x 52 black brown tan white mid century mod.

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. Make offer mid century wool rya rug 1960s. Here are a series of pictures i took as the rug progressed. I was born into a rya rug family.

Three strands of carpet wool made the knots which were knotted over two linen warp threads. Fire bird by barbro vollmer. Now it seems interest in rya rug making is growing. Making a rya knot rug.

Mar 12 2020 rya rugs were in most scandinavian homes from the days of the vikings to recent decades. In this method of rya making the rya knots are made at the same time as the background cloth is woven. That was back in the late 1970s and early 1980s. For more information please visit scandinavian weaves workshop.

They were made using a form of the ghiordes knot to make the double sided pile fabric. In their later years her grandparents counted on melinda to act as primary designer teacher and business management. The design was drawn up as a cartoon and i followed as best i could. Ryas became part of the midcentury modern era but supplies became less and less available in the early 1980s.

My grandparents angie and bill lundgren imported rya kits and supplies from sweden from 1955 1970s. On the loom. Very popular around the globe in the 1950s when backings were woven for those without floor looms. Their rya business provided all the supplies needed from sweden for the rya rug making process.

I worked as designer and helper extraordinaire for lundgren rya in the late 1970 s early 80 s. 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.