The Loom Shed Weave Study Group 26/27 – Overshot

Wednesdays 7 – 8pm
8th June & 7th September 2026, 18th January, 5th April, 5th July 2027

This year, join Louise and Liz for one of their weaving passions — Overshot!  Yes, we are teaching this course ourselves!
Expert weaver and tutor Louise has been teaching weaving for years, and it was through her guidance that Liz discovered that weaving was missing from her life for too long!. Together, we bring both experience and enthusiasm to every session, sharing the skills and insights that have kept The Loom Shed alive and thriving.

We love overshot: perhaps it’s the fair-isle overtones, perhaps the clear pattern — but always with the possibility of pushing the classic structure out of the box. Over five online sessions, we’ll introduce the structure, familiarise you with threading, lifting, and the rules of overshot — and then show you how to bend them. Add more than one colour? Use textured or bobbly yarn? Create your own structure? Absolutely yes, yes and yes!

This course is ideal for newer weavers, working from the beginning of the structure on four shafts. But if you have more experience and want a fresh challenge, we welcome you too. You’ll leave with confidence in reading and adapting overshot drafts, plus a toolkit of ideas for exploring colour, texture, and design in your own weaving.

During the sessions, we will explore:

• The basic principles of overshot weaving
• How to read and understand overshot drafts
• How threading blocks relate to treadling sequences
• Experimenting with colour, texture and pattern emphasis
• Adapting drafts and designing your own overshot patterns
• Ways of pushing the structure further into other weave effects

Between sessions, you’ll be encouraged to weave samples exploring the ideas discussed. We will also create a private online group where participants can share progress, questions and inspiration throughout the course.
Each session will be recorded if you cannot attend live.

Equipment
To join the study group, you will need:

• A 4-shaft loom or larger – 4 shafts are more than enough to explore overshot and have a lot of fun, but we’ll also cater for anyone with 8 shafts or more who wants to experiment further and push the structure in new directions.
• A selection of yarns to experiment with colour and texture
• Squared paper, coloured pencils and an eraser for drafting (or drafting software if you already have it, it is NOT a requirement)

We hope you can join us.
This course can be paid for in two instalments: £85 now and the remaining £55 by 30th September.