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Overshot is perhaps the most iconic weaving technique--think antique coverlets and fancy table runners--yet many weavers are intimidated by its complex-looking structure. But it doesn"t have to be difficult! In this book, Susan Kesler-Simpson makes overshot approachable by breaking it down piece by piece so that the weaver understands how it works, and then she puts it all back together so that weavers will have the confidence to make their own overshot patterns or to try any of the 38 overshot projects she has designed for the book. Weavers will learn: -to understand overshot as a derivative of twill -to understand the tie-up, placement of tabby in the tie-up, threading, and treadling -how to choose threads for overshot -how to use borders in your designs -how to set up the loom for overshot -how to work an overshot gamp Projects include: -Blankets -Shawls -Scarves -Christmas ornaments -Table runners -Placemats -Napkins -Others "Susan"s explanations are to the point and easy to understand. When you read through the chapters, it"s as if Susan is sitting there with you, telling you in a friendly voice how to weave overshot step by step."--excerpt from the Foreword by Tom Knisely

Overshot is perhaps the most iconic weaving technique--think antique coverlets and fancy table runners--yet many weavers are intimidated by its complex-looking structure. But it doesn"t have to be difficult! In this book, Susan Kesler-Simpson makes overshot approachable by breaking it down piece by piece so that the weaver understands how it works, and then she puts it all back together so that weavers will have the confidence to make their own overshot patterns or to try any of the 38 overshot projects she has designed for the book.

"Susan"s explanations are to the point and easy to understand. When you read through the chapters, it"s as if Susan is sitting there with you, telling you in a friendly voice how to weave overshot step by step."--excerpt from the Foreword by Tom Knisely

Overshot is perhaps the most iconic weaving technique--think antique coverlets and fancy table runners--yet many weavers are intimidated by its complex-looking structure. But it doesn"t have to be difficult! In this book, Susan Kesler-Simpson makes overshot approachable by breaking it down piece by piece so that the weaver understands how it works, and then she puts it all back together so that weavers will have the confidence to make their own overshot patterns or to try any of the 38 overshot projects she has designed for the book.

The origin of the technique itself may have started in Persia and spread to other parts of the world, according to the author, Hans E. Wulff, of The Traditional Crafts of Persia. However, it is all relatively obscured by history. In The Key to Weavingby Mary E. Black, she mentioned that one weaver, who was unable to find a legitimate definition of the technique thought that the name “overshot” was a derivative of the idea that “the last thread of one pattern block overshoots the first thread of the next pattern block.” I personally think it is because the pattern weft overshoots the ground warp and weft webbing.

Overshot gained popularity and a place in history during the turn of the 19th century in North America for coverlets. Coverlets are woven bedcovers, often placed as the topmost covering on the bed. A quote that I feel strengthens the craftsmanship and labor that goes into weaving an overshot coverlet is from The National Museum of the American Coverlet:

Though, popular in many states during the early to mid 19th centuries, the extensive development of overshot weaving as a form of design and expression was fostered in rural southern Appalachia. It remained a staple of hand-weavers in the region until the early 20th century. In New England, around 1875, the invention of the Jacquard loom, the success of chemical dyes and the evolution of creating milled yarns, changed the look of coverlets entirely. The designs woven in New England textile mills were predominantly pictorial and curvilinear. So, while the weavers of New England set down their shuttles in favor of complex imagery in their textiles, the weavers of Southern Appalachia continued to weave for at least another hundred years using single strand, hand spun, irregular wool yarn that was dyed with vegetable matter, by choice.

And, due to the nature of design, overshot can be woven on simpler four harness looms. This was a means for many weavers to explore this technique who may not have the financial means to a more complicated loom. With this type of patterning a blanket could be woven in narrower strips and then hand sewn together to cover larger beds. This allowed weavers to create complex patterns that spanned the entirety of the bed.

What makes overshot so incredibly interesting that it was fundamentally a development of American weavers looking to express themselves. Many of the traditional patterns have mysterious names such as “Maltese Cross”, “Liley of the West”, “Blooming Leaf of Mexico” and “Lee’s Surrender”. Although the names are curious, the patterns that were developed from the variations of four simple blocks are incredibly intricate and luxurious.

This is only the tip of the iceberg with regard to the history of this woven structure. If you are interested in learning more about the culture and meaning of overshot, check out these resources!

The National Museum of the American Coverlet- a museum located in Bedford, Pennsylvania that has an extensive collection of traditional and jacquard overshot coverlets. Great information online and they have a “Coverlet College” which is a weekend series of lectures to learn everything about the American coverlet. Check out their website - coverletmuseum.org

Textile Art of Southern Appalachia: The Quiet Work of Women – This was an exhibit that traveled from Lowell, Massachusetts, Morehead, Kentucky, Knoxville, Tennessee, Raleigh, North Carolina, and ended at the Royal Museum in Edinburgh, Scotland. The exhibit contained a large number of overshot coverlets and the personal histories of those who wove them. I learned of this exhibit through an article written by Kathryn Liebowitz for the 2001, June/July edition of the magazine “Art New England”. The book that accompanied the exhibit, written by Kathleen Curtis Wilson, contains some of the rich history of these weavers and the cloth they created. I have not personally read the book, but it is now on the top of my wish list, so when I do, you will be the first to know about it! The book is called Textile Art of Southern Appalachia: The Quiet Work of Women and I look forward to reading it.

Offering an about 65" x 92" VINTAGE TRI-COLOR OVERSHOT COVERLET - SUMMER / WINTER - unknown pattern. Quoting from one of my reference sources: Overshot weave coverlets were made...

(30) A complete set od wireoline drill tools include:core barrel assembly. overshot assembly, drill rods, holding dog, hoisting plug, circle wrench rtc.

The Mills Machine Overshot is a rugged, external catch, fishing tool that is economical and simple to use. Overshots are manufactured like taper taps except they go over the O.D. of the fish. Like taper taps, overshots are stocked in a variety of sizes and standard connections so we are able to get something to you rapidly. To build an overshot from scratch takes four to six days due to the heat treat process necessary to harden the teeth. It is speedier to build a sub to fit a stocked overshot and match your needs than to build the entire product. We can build the overshot with oversize guides to more easily catch the fish or with a wall hook to snag behind a fish leaning against the drill hole wall. Your Mills sales representative will work with you to get the fastest solution to your problem at the lowest cost. The carbonized threads on overshots are extremely hard and brittle. Be extra careful to avoid impact. In use, slowly lower the tool down the hole until the fish is engaged. Then slowly rotate the tool while applying some down pressure. Mark the drill rod to tell how far into the fish you have penetrated. Overshots can be reworked by annealing, re-threading the overshot and then re-heat treating the re-threaded area. We will quote you pricing as necessary.

As the name suggests, the DeviGyro OX Mini is simply a smaller version of the DeviGyro Overshot Xpress (the OX). With the OX being the leading overshot surveying solution for N, H and P-size rods only, the OX Mini has been developed to make the same proven benefits available for B-size diamond core drilling applications.

Providing all the proven benefits which the innovative DeviGyro technology has to offer, the DeviGyro OX Mini is simply another purpose-built running gear configuration in the ultra-versatile DeviGyro range.

1961 November, “Talking of Trains: Aircraft on rail tracks”, in Trains Illustrated, page 650:As a result of the accident at Southend Airport when a Hermes aircraft overshot the runway and fouled the down Shenfield to Southend Victoria line between Rochford and Prittlewell, the Eastern Region is considering warning arrangements, which have already been provided on some lines running past aerodromes.

2021 December 15, Paul Clifton, “There is nothing you can do”, in RAIL, number 946, page 37:A ScotRail Driver: [...] A good friend of mine overshot two stations back-to-back a couple of years ago. He tried to stop at one station and slid by it. Tried to stop at the next station. He slid by that, too.

2004, Donella Meadows; Jorgen Randers; Dennis Meadows, “Author"s preface”, in Limits to Growth: The 30-Year Update,Measured this way humanity was last at sustainable levels in the 1980s. Now it has overshot by some 20 percent.