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If overshot intimidates you, these pot holders are a great way to start! Pot holders are a great format for overshot. One pattern repeat fits neatly into a pot holder"s size. Use them to decorate your kitchen- or as a perfect hostess gift. The fun part of weaving is to take an idea, try it out, and then do it your own way!

This book features the original sample collection and handwritten drafts of the talented, early 20th century weaver, Bertha Gray Hayes of Providence, Rhode Island. She designed and wove miniature overshot patterns for four-harness looms that are creative and unique. The book contains color reproductions of 72 original sample cards and 20 recently discovered patterns, many shown with a picture of the woven sample, and each with computer-generated drawdowns and drafting patterns. Her designs are unique in their asymmetry and personal in her use of name drafting to create the designs. Bertha Hayes attended the first nine National Conferences of American Handweavers (1938-1946). She learned to weave by herself through the Shuttle-Craft home course and was a charter member of the Shuttle-Craft Guild, and authored articles on weaving.

Overshot weaving is an American artform of the Appalachian region of the United States. Overshot"s geometry may be familiar because of its ubiquity in coverlet weaving in that area in the 18th century.

Weave Structure:overshotYarns:Perle 5/2 and Perle 10/2Equipment needed:4-shaft loom; 10" weaving width; 12 dent reed; 2 shuttlesFinished Dimensions:one scarf 9" x 60" with 3" fringeInstructions needed: Overshot Simplyby Susan Kesler-Simpson. (sold separately)

Note:  This kit includes all yarns needed to weave this scarf.  The pattern can be found in the Overshot Simplybooknoted above.  You will need to purchase this book if you don"t already own a copy.

This well-crafted book is impressive for what it tells us about the evolution of public history in an age when marginalized groups are competing for attention. As the text unfolds, Falls and Smith carefully knit evidence about coverlets into a larger story about how museums and historic houses interpret, and misinterpret, the work-life of African American women and women from yeoman households. Overshot captures the attention of the nonspecialist as well as the specialist in skillfully demonstrating that coverlets are both art and craft.

This book features the original sample collection and handwritten drafts of the talented, early 20th century weaver, Bertha Gray Hayes of Providence, Rhode Island. She designed and wove miniature overshot patterns for four-harness looms that are creative and unique. The book contains color reproductions of 72 original sample cards and 20 recently discovered patterns, many shown with a picture of the woven sample, and each with computer-generated drawdowns and drafting patterns. Her designs are unique in their asymmetry and personal in her use of name drafting to create the designs.

Weavers will enjoy this book tremendously but I would not consider it something a novice would want to leap into. The warps were once easily acquired but they are not available on spools the way they were when these looms were manufactured. We don"t typically use threads that fine nowadays so one might have to use sewing thread or quilting thread to get the suggested number of threads per inch. However, a different sett can be used without much effort and still use the same threading sequence. The style is a bit different as not all the patterns have the type of treadling sequence designs that we commonly use today. The weaver who provided the subject of this book had an incredible imagination and had some clever ways to invent new patterns. The book is interesting to me just for itshistorical value and not just the patterns. The use of overshot is not common in today"s clothing, but the designs are still extremely useful in items like dish towels and place mats that have contrasting borders. And, if someone likes to be historically correct in their weaving, there"s always an opportunity to attempt a coverlet. The main thing anyone should remember when beginning to experiment with overshot is that the base weave is done in a finer thread or yarn than the overshot pattern. Otherwise there will be gaps in the pattern or it will be very distorted from what was originally expected. I never really thought about how many options are possible with just 4 shafts. This book was inspiring in that respect.Read full review

This book features the original sample collection and handwritten drafts of the talented, early 20th century weaver, Bertha Gray Hayes of Providence, Rhode Island. She designed and wove miniature overshot patterns for four-harness looms that are creative and unique. The book contains color reproductions of 72 original sample cards and 20 recently discovered patterns, many shown with a picture of the woven sample, and each with computer-generated drawdowns and drafting patterns. Her designs are unique in their asymmetry and personal in her use of name drafting to create the designs. Bertha Hayes attended the first nine National Conferences of American Handweavers (1938-1946). She learned to weave by herself through the Shuttle-Craft home course and was a charter member of the Shuttle-Craft Guild, and authored articles on weaving.