Quick-to-weave pile fabric
Marjatta Hirvi
The pile is woven by throwing the shuttle. During finishing, the pile wefts are cut and opened into a pile. With this weave structure, the pile is dense because two pile wefts are interlaced. Weave a rya for the wall or the floor.
In this weave, the pile weft passes under two warp threads, and only the ground wefts hold them in place. So, make sure to weave the background as tightly as possible!
In one pile weft, there are 5–6 wool threads. The wool threads vary in thickness, with the thinnest being combed wool yarn and the thickest being felted yarn.
WEAVE WITH THREE SHUTTLES
There are two pile wefts, meaning there are two shuttles with pile wefts. By weaving alternately with two differently colored pile wefts, you can create two adjacent stripes in different colors.
The background weft is a thick linen cord.
CUTTING PILE WEFT FLOATS
Cut the pile weft open at the center of the weft float. There are two overlapping pile wefts, with one weft’s interlacing point with the warp threads located beneath the other.
Carefully slide the tip of the scissors under the pile weft and cut the threads. The interlacing point of the other weft is underneath, so the threads below will not be cut if you stay precisely in the center.
Use your fingers or the closed tips of scissors to gently fluff the cut pile. If the threads are tightly spun and durable, use a wide-toothed comb to lift the pile carefully.
Detailed weaving instructions can be found in the Weaving Library, Digi The Weaver’s Pick Issue 2/2024, and on the Project page.