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From the JWG JUNE 2026 Newsletter:
Our June Newsletter featured an article by our Guild President, Joanne, about a recent discussion she had with Tom Knisely at the 2026 Florida Tropical Weavers Guild Conference.
(Tom will be presenting our 2027 Guild Workshop on BOUNDWEAVE. More information will be sent to Guild Members in Fall 2027. This workshop will be sure to sell out!)
TURNED OVERSHOT
Has anyone tried Turned Overshot? I had never heard of it until the Florida Tropical Weavers Guild Conference. Am I the only one? I took the Double Weave class with Tom Kniesly and most of us finished up a little early on the final day. A few of us stragglers were sitting with Tom and somehow Turned Overshot came up. Tom got the chart paper and markers out and demonstrated how it works. It's fascinating!
Basically, you “turn” your overshot draft so the threading becomes the treadling and the treadling (including the tabby pics) becomes your threading. So now, your warp includes pattern and tabby threads. There are a couple of advantages to weaving overshot this way. Number one, you don't have to worry about alternating pattern and tabby pics, juggling two shuttles.
Number two, when you are planning your project, you know just how much of your pattern thread you need, which is great if you have a limited amount and may be cutting it close. If you are like me, you've played Yarn Chicken more than once, getting to the end of a project not knowing if you have enough warp/pattern thread to finish as planned.
If you are using a four-shaft overshot pattern, you will need to thread on six shafts; four for pattern and two for tabby. As I am writing this, I think there is one other advantage. They say using your brain helps keep your mind sharp and working out how to turn my pattern definitely gave my brain a workout. As many of you know, Tom is an amazing instructor and takes even the complex and breaks it down so even I get it. I love the generosity of the people in our weaving community and Tom is a star. He made sure we all understood Turned Overshot and that he answered all our questions before he packed up. I couldn't wait to try it out and I'm getting ready to dress my loom for my first attempt at turning my pattern. Wish me luck! I did find one article on Turned Overshot that I'm sure explains it better than I can: https://handwovenmagazine.com/turning-an-overshot-draft/
NOTE: After the newsletter publication, a JWG member shared this additional resource about "turning" a draft by Deb Essen.
handwovenmagazine.com/turned-overshot-weaving-project/
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