Fire bird by barbro vollmer.
Making rya rugs.
They were made using a form of the ghiordes knot to make the double sided pile fabric.
Vintage wavy ombre striped rya rug 78 x 52 black brown tan white mid century mod.
For more information please visit scandinavian weaves workshop.
I was born into a rya rug family.
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I worked as designer and helper extraordinaire for lundgren rya in the late 1970 s early 80 s.
Though rya means rug in english the original meaning in sweden of rya was a bed cover with a knotted pile.
A rya or rye is a traditional scandinavian wool rug with a long pile of about 1 to 3 inches.
Make offer mid century wool rya rug 1960s.
The first ryas originated in the early fifteenth century as coarse long piled heavy covers used by.
That was back in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
The rya business was sold out of the family in the mid 80 s yet i continued to make ryas and teach.
Make offer vintage wavy ombre striped rya rug 78 x 52 black brown tan white mid century mod.
For more information please visit scandinavian weaves workshop.
Mar 12 2020 rya rugs were in most scandinavian homes from the days of the vikings to recent decades.
Very popular around the globe in the 1950s when backings were woven for those without floor looms.
On the loom.
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.
In this method of rya making the rya knots are made at the same time as the background cloth is woven.
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.
Their rya business provided all the supplies needed from sweden for the rya rug making process.
The design was drawn up as a cartoon and i followed as best i could.
Three strands of carpet wool made the knots which were knotted over two linen warp threads.
Here are a series of pictures i took as the rug progressed.
Ryas became part of the midcentury modern era but supplies became less and less available in the early 1980s.
