Usually, overshot is woven with a warp and tabby weft of the same size and a pattern weft that is two to three times heavier/thicker than the warp and tabby weft.
For the first 9 months of my time as editor of Handwoven, I passed an inkle loom every day on the way to my desk. It really bugged me. Someone had warped it with icky, thin yellow yarn and woven about 2 inches with the same yarn.
If you weave a sample at 10" width and then weave the fabric at 30" width, you are going to have to up the acceleration to get the same weft density. In cases where you are trying for a dense weft sett, sometimes this can't be done.
Weaving is both simple and difficult and that's why Susan loves it.
I have a 4-shaft Nilus Leclerc loom. My current warp is 23" wide and I am having trouble with the sheds. I have to work to get the shuttle through them.
Reuse, Reduce, Recycle – Rejoice in Eco-Yarns and Handwoven January/February 2018!
It’s a smaller school that encourages art and exploration as you are learning to weave, so it was no surprise that some kind soul gifted her with a loom.
Is there a mathematical formula to use when you are changing the sett of a warp that has already been sleyed in the reed?
Not sampling before starting a weaving project is a mistake that I will probably repeat many more times in my weaving career.
