Overshot weaving patterns

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...

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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

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

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...

From the blog: weft side of the loom "I am finding overshot to be a rewarding weave structure. It is fun to see how quickly the pattern builds."

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 ...

Now that I am obsessed with overshot, I thought I'd share my latest endeavor; Maltese Cross. Here is the draft...... I warped 205 ends of 3/2 pearl cotton at 10 epi. I used the cotton for the tabby weft and Kauni yarn for pattern weft. I've got to work on a more even beat, but all in all, I'm really happy with it. Happy Weaving!