Overshot Weaving On My New Floor Loom - Beginner Overshot Weaving On a Four Shaft Loom 

My grandma was 97 when she passed. Her and her best girlfriend from childhood, married their husbands raised many children and eventually became widows. I remember them laughing and giggling like 16, knitting, crocheting and making baskets. Their hands were never idle. My grandmas little fingers were nearly transparent with large knuckles and a ring that spun freely behind it. They remained friends until they passed not far in dates from each other. My grandmas name was Dorothy...but I always loved her friends name..Harriet. The best women, i learned to cook,, bake, knit etc. Anyway I love Harriet as a name :)

Everything you said was alien to me. 🤣🤦‍♀️, I still watched to the end. I so want to learn to weave, it fascinates me

have your husband make you a warping board. really simple. it'll save so much money and you'll love it. i divide my pattern into easily workable sections and then put them on post its and hang them across the top of the loom. i keep track of involved patterns with pennies. move them as you complete a pic. you're going to have so much fun.

Hi Trish, just seen a "Beginner Over shot weaving" Just come up on my feed. The lady i Party Anne Places Its from 7yrs ago but its done on a loom like yours. Hope this helps. Happy weaving spinning. Take care & stay safe 💘 Jen xx All your weavings are below this on my feed . That's how I saw this lady. Love & hugs. Jen. Xxxx

I'm not a weaver, however, I'm completely fascinated by watching others work on their looms. Such beautiful colors and patterns. 🌷

Hmmm.....hardworking and a little temperamental...Liza? I am still learning my wee rigid heddle loom, and I will be looking for a weaving glossary to understand “tabby” and “overshot”. I’m glad you’re having fun with the process!

Some day! Some day I want a floor loom. It looks so hard but so fun and I’m itching to try

I admire your fearlessness and how you keep learning new skills. I hope I don't fall don't the rabbit-hole of weaving. Knitting, spinning and crochet is more than enough to keep me busy. But your weaving is beautiful.

Wow - fabulous weaving! I don’t know overshot weaving ...I just started rigid heddle weaving. So much to learn! Love your loom!

You are the most talented person ever!!!!!! And, so creative!!! Watching your videos, I feel so inadequate 😐😐😲😲🤔🤔🤔🤔. However I keep pushing on!! Thank you for giving me a goal to work towards.

I have a friend who is a fiber artist, and she weaves and free-style quilts. She tried to talk me into getting a floor loom, but I couldn't get past the price!! So rigid heddle for me. She would bring her 22" (6 or 8 shaft) table loom to some craft shows where they let people demo their craft. EVERYONE would come over to see what she was doing, and she would let a few very interested try their hand at it and weave some. I like to think she got some people started in weaving. Really nice pattern Trish. Love the colors!

This is awesome! Your hubby is the best! You got this.

I am happy for you. I know that I will not expand to a floor loom...this decade anyway.

We all have those moments when we learn something new

Call her Rosie! Like Rosie the riveter! Hardworking and temperamental sounds precisely like what Rosie would be like.

Those are going to be pretty.

Love the new girl & the weaving 😍😍 I just purchased a second hand Leclerc Fanny last night and can’t wait to start weaving. ♥️

Those towels are super pretty,weaving is fascinating.

I know nothing about looms but new babies are always exciting! Yay!

Nice new toy enjoy your antique baby... My head is spinning just watching you work the pattern.

Congratulations on your new floor loom. Your inspiration to try something new is contageous. After mastering my 15" Cricket rigid heddle loom, it would new nice to try a floor loom. I second another poster's suggestion of Rosie for the new girl.

Beautiful pattern! No idea on a name. I'm a harpist and name my harps after the people who give them to me. My favorite is Timmins. She's a 36 string Dusty Strings that my step-mom gave me when I graduated high school. Mom's maiden name is Timmins. 😁

This is beautiful, I love your colours! I don't have name suggestions for the loom, but I may have some tips for the draft. First thing, the pedals. I give them numbers, from right to left: 1 to 6. I tie the pedal 1 (far right) to shaft 1 and 3, and the pedal 6 (far left) to shaft 2 and 4. With those, I can weave tabby. Pedals 2 to 5 are tied like this: pedal 2 --> shaft 1-2, pedal 3 --> shaft 2-3, pedal 4 --> shaft 3-4, pedal 5 --> shaft 4-1. As you are more comfortable, you can change the tie up however it is more efficient. Second, the conversion of the weaving sequence (from top to bottom). This is where the pedal tie up makes sense. Instead of using a grid with squares when weaving , I use the pedal's number. If it is symetric, I draw an arrow up to save space. For example, if the weaving pattern is (a W-like pattern): Shaft 1-2 (+ tabby) 2-3 (+ tabby) 3-4 (+ tabby) 4-1 (+ tabby) 3-4 (+ tabby) 4-1 (+ tabby) 3-4 (+ tabby) 2-3 (+ tabby) 1-2 (+ tabby) I write instead: Pedal 2 3 4 5 4 (arrow up) Third, keeping track of the weaving sequence. You can write it down on another piece of paper and hang it from the castle top. If doing a long sequence, you can use a bobbypin of a trombone to keep track of where you are and slide it down as you go. Does it make sense?

Think we should call her Harriet 😁 I say 'we' cos there's no way I could fit a floor loom in my house so I'm now living vicariously through you 🤣

I love the bloopers at the front. Love your floor loom! Thanks for your all your videos!!

Wow nice loom. Congratulations. Beautiful pattern and colors

So happy to see you back to your bouncy self! It’s wonderful that you have a new ‘toy,’ amazing how serendipitous that worked out, obviously meant to be! I, however will not be following you down this rabbit hole. (Well, maybe a satori loom someday, I love the freedom of the creativity it allows, but good chance that won’t happen - $$)

Love the pattern and your colour choice 😃. What I do when I cross stitch with my pattern is I laminate it (I have to go to our library as they can laminate all sizes) so I can follow along I use a dry erase marker and draw a line across the area I just completed. It’s easy to stay on track and clean off so I can use the pattern over and over. I hope this helps 😊

Congratulations 👏

Thank you for sharing your process. Excellent video. I can relate to the craziness of checking heddles over and over again. Vavstuga has fantastic videos for practical ways to not screw up weaving. Weaving is not easy. It is amazing how much we take for granted because of factory weaving and computer tech. Hand weaving is a huge skill!

Looks good so far Trish! I was gifted a 70 year old four shaft floor loom that is completely apart with minimal instructions to put it together. The price was certainly right but it’s taking me time to wash down all the wood and get the rust off everything. I have three more shafts to go and the back warp beam and then I’ll start assembling it. Sooooo, I’ll be back to watch you with yours because I’m sure I’ll need lots of instruction to figure it all out. In the meantime, good luck with yours! I know you’ll be a pro in no time!

Oh, also, I HIGHLY RECOMMEND Jane Stanford’s online guild. It has helped me so much and it shows you great weaving and design tips and tricks.

Love seeing you enjoy your new work mate! Lol I wish you many years with your new floor loom. Hope you stay well, safe, and happy! Can't wait for your next video. Have A Blessed Day!

Someday I want a floor loom. I caught the weaving bug thanks to your videos. I don’t have room for one until my kids move out, so it will have to wait 😂

Great job! Looks so complicated. I cant tell you how many times Ive told myself “maybe weaving just isnt for me”.

WOW!! That weaving is GORGEOUS!!!

Congratulations on your new loom....what a deal you found! Beautiful pattern.

How exciting a new floor loom I'm no weaver but love to watch you weave thank you so much trish x

Congratulations!! Way more fun to be had!! As soon as you listed her attributes I thought of the name Gertrude.... “Gert” or” dirty Gert”for short... don’t ask where that came from....😂 thanks for sharing!

Your towels are so pretty. I love to watch your weaving videos.

I love that you did overshot on a 4 harness! To see the process is very helpful. I am still trying to wrap my brain around reading the drafts. The new girl looks nice! I have a 60" Nilus LeClerc. Bertha takes up a LOT of space but couldn't pass her up for the price. I am blessed to have the space to keep her.

So pretty. I really love those colors together.

Wow! What a beautiful weave.

Oh my gosh, those are gorgeous!!! I love the colors. You’re so amazing!

Omg, I clicked on the link to see what the pattern was and I have the same warp, for the same towels on my Harrisville! All I've woven on that one is the header, because I have too many looms going at the same time and i got distracted by spinning and SE2SE and fell right done THAT rabbit hole. LOL! I have a neat metal clipboard I bought a few years for using with knitting patterns and it works so well for complicated weaving. I clip the pattern to the metal and use thin strips of magnets to move through the design. Also, I highly recommend getting some boat shuttles. It will change your life. :)

Great price for a really good look. Best of luck with it.

Hi Trish, I'm loving your new Floor Loom. The colours that you're using seem so jewel like. I've only ever seen "Overshot " technique done on a Lap Loom, so was brilliant seeing it used in this way. Happy Weaving & Spinning. Take care, stay sake & keep well. Love Jen xx England

I love the colors! You are such an inspiration. I'm sure you've heard that a lot, but it is true. Being able to inspire others is a gift. NAME: Not saying this because of my name, but did you know the name "Penny" means "weaver"? Truth! That would be a cute and fitting name.

Your new loom looks amazing! I can't wait to see all your wonderful creations!

John is the MVP 🏆 I love watching you weave! My brain struggles to grasp how but maybe one day I’ll give it a try. In regards to keeping track of the pattern I wondered if something like a sticker chart/dry erase board chart might be helpful? That way you can mark your place as you go along. You could attach it to the edge of the chart you have to make it easier to see and follow along? As for the naming what about Angie? A sweet looking lady with a lot of layers who can be a lot of fun as long as you play by her rules. Ready to get to work but also maybe stress you out a little 😂 Hoping you have a wonderful week ahead Trish!

Eveliina sounds good. A node to your Finnish heritage

I bought a Siever’s loom for $300. It’s similar to yours and I love it. I didn’t know about the double tread for overshot with great outcome. I did take a weaving class with Robyn Spady and she never mentions this. Maybe I’m misunderstanding what you are saying. Anyway, enjoy your journey. 🥰😂

This is seriously amazing Trish! Waaaay beyond my skill set atm, but definitely not out of the realm of things id attempt as well. Great job!

Love the pattern and colors! Going to stick with my rigid heddle, my brain would fry trying to warp that! LOL

Beautiful! Excited for your new floor loom! 22” seems like such a comfortable size too. Love it.

The weaving looks great! I can imagine that setting up that warp would be stressful - not for the faint hearted!

Those towels will be gorgeous

lol I am in OHIO WOO HOO, lol Love your loom, So apparently we are not far from each other, YAY, lol Thanks for sharing, LOVE Love love your channel and all your silly videos and all your spinning and your adorable little puppy baby, so cute, You can call your beautiful loom Zanobie, or Helen after Helen Keller who never gave up, Hugs and Blessings

A friend of mine offered to give me her floor loom, but I just don't have the space for it. Weaving vicariously through you Trish!

Love the new loom, I hope someday to have a floor loom.

You may have already gotten this in other comments but I keep track of where I am on the draft with a small sized sticky note. The ones about the size of a large postage stamp. Especially useful in overshot when you’re counting how many pattern repeats. Another way to keep track of where you are is when weaving tabby is to throw with your right hand and press the right tabby treadle, throw with the left hand and press left tabby treadle. I’m glad that you went big with trying overshot out of the gate. I think it’s actually pretty easy to do, but the directions seem complicated. Get some boat shuttles. They are much faster and easier to use.

Love the new girl! Nice pattern.

Glad I finally got to meet your new loom! I vote yoy name her Maude

What a great find! Hubby is a definite keeper! Your towels are already so beautiful, I wouldn’t want to use them 😀 So looking forward to seeing them completed...lol no pressure 😘😘

The pattern is cool.

I'm sure it becomes muscle memory, but that looks so impossible...haha I mean impressive :) Love the colors.

Looking forward to your ideas on improving the warping process. Right now the only way it gets done on my 36" floor loom is if my husband helps me (and does like 90% of the work).

One more thing the boat shuttle bobbin I saw you could use a plastic straw and when winding it you build up higher at each end and then fill in between and I tried this it works great also my husband make a loom catcher look on my blog for that too it looks like stretcher for a very skinny person I sewed the cloth for it but it holds the shuttles instead of your lap that helped me a lot too and in time you will want more boat shuttles I use other stick shuttles on my rug loom and little bertha

Nice work! I have been playing withcthe idea of getting a 4 or 8 shaft table loom instead of just a rigid heddle loom like i had in the states.i am crazzy i know but i like the idea of all the oportunities and choices.

I am so excited you got a floor loom! I love your videos, but quickly became more interested in floor loom weaving!! AHGHGH! Super excited I get to weave with you! My husband is building me a section beam, with a tension box!! I think that is going to be the kicker to making warping easier and more consistent! Here is my overshot sampler currently on my LeClerc 8-shaft jack loom. Ugh! Can’t post a pic.

I think it looks great with the doubled thread. You should wait until wet finish. I think overshot is usually done with a wool, that is double the thickness of the warp. Wool would not work for towels! Love the new loom. Name her after your favorite actress/singer of the past...Doris!

Esmeralda, it is a old and odd name, might be good for a temperamental loom.

Looks awesome!

Weaving is not my thing but I love watching you.

How can you turn down such a great deal on a floor loom! Looking forward to seeing your completed projects. 👍👍👍

Love love the towels!!! You are inspiring me to make All the things 😁. As my Mom always said, keep the fighting Irish spirit up ... it comes in handy. How about Dame Dure (tough lady in French) LOL

My mom (medical professional) always tells me that skill blocks like that happen when we don’t have the neural connections we need to do the task at hand. The way to forge the connections is hard work, just like you said, but also sleep, because that’s when our brain takes inventory and restructures accordingly. I don’t know how many times I’ve given up on something after giving it my all, only to pick it back up a day of two later to find that it’s way easier suddenly. I’m sure that rest is even more important after covid!

Hi Trish, My first thought when you described your new girl as temperamental, hard working, and getting to know her was the name Janeway. B'Elanna would also fit that description. (They are both Star Trek Voyager characters, incase you didn't know.) They are both pretty names; and if you are a Trekky like me, you might consider for the new girls name. :)

wow what a great deal

I am mesmorized. I can't wait to see the finished object(s). Thanks for sharing!

The weaving is beautiful!!!!

Love the new giri!! She's orecious...

Lovely! I just got a louet Erica so I will be posting “How to warp a shaft loom” soon!.

Someone from my local weavers/spinners guild offered to sell me their floor loom, but I’m not too keen to try to lug it up to my 3rd floor apartment. I think I’ll stick with my rigid heddle for now 😆

Yay she's a beauty 😍. I purchased iWeaveIt from playstore for Android, they also have an apple or pc version. The add on (also purchased) has a threading and treadle tracker, which is super helpful. Not too expensive and easy to chart the patterns.

Hi Tricia, You might like a Book by Myra Wood about Crazy Shot. I think it is mainly for the rigid heddle but she has great information in there. Congratulations on your floor loom. Also to keep your place in a pattern there are magnetic boards available which I used to use for my cross stitch.

You got a floor loom, yay! Can’t wait to see what you make with it! I use the iWeave it app for tracking threading and treadling (well lift plans for me since I have a table loom). Well worth it to me. I know there are other apps, too.

wah! this video was posted on my bday! i'm going to modify my RHL. i shall build a castle with 4 reeds... or buy an old floor loom on ebay...

That’s really cool weaving. ❤️

The first name that came to be was Carmen. Weaving makes me think of gypsies and you can’t deny that she was hard working and temperamental!

I want to learn to weave now lol

Greetings! Thank you for sharing your weaving journey. While I was watching your video, the name “Beatrice” came to mind even before you mentioned her not having a name. Also, for keeping track of the weaving, I use an old cribbage board. If the pattern repeat isn’t too long, I use thin tape on the side edge of a cribbage board. This allows me to use the score peg to move along the pattern. I sure hope that makes sense.

Is loom envy a thing? And your husband deserves new towels - camo colored. Naming pieces of equipment is tricky I can't wait to hear what you decide.

I've got something for you to try - go to your closet and grab a yarn that is about double the weight of your tabby yarn. Try that for the pattern instead of doubling up the tabby yarn. The reason this might work better, is your threads are linear, and will lie next to each other in your woven piece. Does that even make sense lol....I'm at a loss of proper words today. In other words one round fat yarn will take up less linear weaving that two thinner yarns (even if those two thinner yarns twisted together appear to be the same weight as the fatter yarn. To make this make more sense...wrap your tabby yarn around a pencil to get accurate wpi. You are looking for a yarn that is fat enough to wrap and get approximately half the wpi. Give that a try for a few inches and see if you are closer to the measurements you are aiming for. Loveya.

I've only woven one overshot piece but I found the key to getting the pattern to come out the right size is a really tight beat. I also use a program called iweaveit on my ipad to track both treadeling and threading. I hope this helps.

Love it. How about Harmony.

Looks awesome! No idea how it all works, but I’m intrigued!

That looks do cool but I'll be sticking with my rigid heddle... she looks like a Mona to me. ❤

Thank you

Wow, that's beautiful! If this is you learning, what will you do as an expert?!?