Overshot threadings are incredibly versatile. Treadled as standard overshot – twilly pattern alternating with plain weave tabby – they already have endless variations. But what happens when you venture off the beaten track and do something different?
What if your pattern weft isn’t twice as heavy as your tabby? What if your TABBY is heavier?
What if you leave out the tabby entirely? What if you use two or three? What if your tabby wefts don’t go through plain weave sheds at all?
What if you use two pattern wefts? Three? Four?
What if you change the tie-up?
“Normal” overshot with the expected pattern-tabby-pattern-tabby combo is just one possibility. Start challenging those assumptions and you don’t just get a different motif – you get different cloth.
On this weaving adventure, standard overshot is our departure gate, and a familiar overshot threading is our safety net. We’ll start by breaking the “rule” of heavy pattern and skinny tabby, and see what happens when we do. From there we’ll get weirder and wilder and less like overshot the further we go.
Our itinerary includes:
- Shadow fashion
- Double tabby
- Woven on opposites
- Echo fashion
- Italian fashion
- Flame point
- Swivel
- Petit point
- Honeycomb
- Double faced
- As Bronson
- As Summer & Winter
Pack your bags and get ready to head off the beaten track!
Course Content
Welcome to Overshot Departures
Course Includes
- 45 Lessons