Rölakan
The geometric patterns of Scanian weaving: squares, lozenges and stars in strong colours.
Rölakan is a flat-weave technique in which each colour is woven in its own field. It was used in Skåne and Halland for carriage cushions, coverlets and wall hangings in the 18th and 19th centuries.
When the Friends of Handicraft and the craft movement collected old weavings around 1900, rölakan became a model for modern rugs, among them those of Märta Måås-Fjetterström.
Materials: Wool on a linen warp, dyed with plant dyes
Manufacture: Hand-woven at home; the weft is laid in small fields and turned round the warp, so that the pattern has small steps.
Geometric patterns with small steps along the diagonals.
The same appearance on both sides, without loose threads.
Narrow widths sewn together into coverlets.