Making Rya Rugs

My grandparents angie and bill lundgren imported rya kits and supplies from sweden from 1955 1970s.

Making rya rugs.

Fire bird by barbro vollmer. I worked as designer and helper extraordinaire for lundgren rya in the late 1970 s early 80 s. Make offer mid century wool rya rug 1960s. 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. Making a rya knot rug. Very popular around the globe in the 1950s when backings were woven for those without floor looms.

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. Vintage wavy ombre striped rya rug 78 x 52 black brown tan white mid century mod. For more information please visit scandinavian weaves workshop. In their later years her grandparents counted on melinda to act as primary designer teacher and business management.

The rya business was sold out of the family in the mid 80 s yet i continued to make ryas and teach. On the loom. That was back in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Now it seems interest in rya rug making is growing.

Mar 12 2020 rya rugs were in most scandinavian homes from the days of the vikings to recent decades. They were made using a form of the ghiordes knot to make the double sided pile fabric. 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. 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. Three strands of carpet wool made the knots which were knotted over two linen warp threads. The first ryas originated in the early fifteenth century as coarse long piled heavy covers used by. 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. The design was drawn up as a cartoon and i followed as best i could. Their rya business provided all the supplies needed from sweden for the rya rug making process.