Thursday, March 19, 2009

Overshot -Pleased as Punch!


Look at this bit of overshot! I am pleased as punch at how it is turning out!

The weave structure is Marguerite Porter Davison's 'A Handweaver's Pattern Book', pg 148 titled "Valley Forge Dogwood".

The warp and tabby weft are a two ply acrylic --about 25 wpi. The pattern weft is reclaimed yarn from a skirt & sweater set. It's mostly acrylic with a bit of metallic sparkle and some mohair.

More importantly, the warp/tabbyweft and pattern weft work beautifully together! I have been able to sit and weave without tweaking, without struggling to get the right number of picks per inch...it just works!

I am so pleased!

2 comments:

bspinner said...

You should be proud!!! Valley Forge Dogwood is one of my favorite over shot patterns.

Anonymous said...

Wow!! That is really gorgeous!!