Overshot weaving patterns

Overshot, with its fantastical names and wonderful patterning, is a great structure for 4-shaft weavers.

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Looking so psychedelic… this is overshot “woven on opposites”. I’m using the aqua for my main colour and orange for the accent colour. It beats more closely because there is no tabby to provide the base structure and looks more weft-faced. The treadling rhythm doesn’t feel as convenient as alternating two feet for pattern-tabby-pattern-tabby, but ...

Overshot textiles have a distinctive construction made up of both a plain weave and pattern layer. Requiring two shuttles and at least four shafts, overshot textiles are built using two passes: one weaves a tabby layer and the other weaves the pattern layer, which overshoots or floats, above.

I love the Whig Rose overshot pattern by Josephine Estes. It's a miniature overshot pattern, so the floats are not large, and it's suitable...

Overshot and other pattern weaving have been a fascination to me over the years as there are so many possibilities for design and use. I've...

Hello, friends. I have really enjoyed watching the “orange peel” overshot design take shape on the loom this week. A four shaft design, this pattern entails a lengthy pattern repeat and…

Weavers can’t get enough of overshot, and it’s easy to see why! It’s a classic structure loved by colonial and modern weavers alike!

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