This is a class project for "Overshot Odyssey" being taught by Rita Hagenbruch at The Fold in Marengo, IL. I selected the "Flourishing Waves" pattern and I am planning on weaving a table runner. Three or four pattern repeats... I want to see how it looks. I like that Overshot is a uniquely colonial American structure. It is deceptively simple in theory and yet visually so complicated and engaging. I am blown away that I am sucessfully weaving this!
Thor, your Overshot weaving looks great!
Beth
Old time overshot patterns have no equal....and imagine they did these weaves on barn looms...(^_^)...
I am doing a run of Bertha Grey Hayes overshot right now. It IS fun! Looks complex and only 4 shafts!
What helps is each item is a different colored weft. If not, I would have been pulling my hair out after the 8th yard...
Sally
I tried overshot for the first time during the Halloweave challenge and it was a blast! This pattern looks like it's turning out beautifully! Well done!
Kitty
This is so striking. I think I prefer compact pieces of overshot pattern like this to the really large projects. Thus is another thing I wouldn't mind trying on my backstrap loom. Sally says she is doing a 4-shaft one. I wonder how many treadles she is using.
Your square is very well done! I did an overshot scarf the third time I warped my loom as a beginning weaver. It is a wonderful weave structure, it builds confidence and looks wonderful and complex. I too am currently weaving an overshot pattern on 4 shafts, the Blooming Leaf of Mexico, one of my favorites.
Sharon
Doesn't that pattern look like four spindles in motion! I think of the tahkli because it moves so fast!
Okay. My very next project is going to be overshot. You and Kitty T's projects have convinced me I need to do this. Thank you for the description, too, of it being a "uniquely colonial American invention." That is very cool.
