September 2022: Overshot Patterned Double Weave
Woven by Vashon Weavers
Mary Hosick
Robin Webber
Ann Lansdon
Marg Ayres
Margie Wetherald
Kelli Brooke
Sue Willingham
Nancy van Roessel
Donna Kaplan
Pattern source:
Weaving Designs by Bertha Gray Hayes: Miniature Overshot Patterns, Design #24 Fascination Adaptation
Description:
A four shaft overshot pattern can be converted to double weave using 4 shafts, but using 8 shafts makes the threading easier. The threading can be repeated on shafts 5 through 8 in parallel as shown on the draft; shafts 1-4 for the top layer and 5-8 for the bottom layer. The treadling is paralleled as well with the left four tie-ups weaving the top layer and the right four tie-ups weaving the bottom layer.
All threads are the same weight even though they are presented as two different thicknesses in the draft. This is a double weave draft so the thicker threads represent the top layer and the thinner threads, the bottom layer.
Warp yarn:
Natural and Pink 16/2 unmercerized cotton
Weft yarn:
16/2 unmercerized cotton a single shuttle of one color or 2 shuttles of various different colors
Sett:
48 epi and ppi in a 12 dent reed threaded 4 threads per dent. Woven with 884 ends measuring 18.4 inches in the reed. No floating selvage threads needed.
Loom:
8 shaft Baby Wolf
