Overshot weaving

Felicia Lo’s online course, Weaving Overshot on 4-Shafts — a fascinating way to create a wide variety of patterns in your handwoven cloth. #weaving #weavingpattern #overshot #blockweave

Colorful Fårö wool is used for the monksbelt pattern weft.

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

Many years ago, I finally got to try weaving. I took the Beginning to Weave workshop through the Ottawa guild. At that time, 1989, the OVWSG did not have a studio space to house what guild equipmen…

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...

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!

You may recall that I wove an overshot table runner in a snails trail and cats paw pattern in April. I was not entirely happy with the spacing and the beat, so I changed the sett from 22 epi to 24 epi and viola! I love the result!

My first overshot project, a table runner for my MIL. It is wrong side up at the moment and it is not perfectly square ( it is close). I love it. I love the color changes in the weft yarn. I love ...

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 ...