It is a slow process. You do have to put in a pick-up stick every second row, but you get in the rhythm. I’m enjoying weaving a fairly narrow overshot scarf, but I’d find something like a pillow or wide table runner in overshot intimidating. But it’s beautiful and I’m in no rush.
Also, I use a cardboard strip with a point on the end instead of a pick-up stick- lighter and more precise. Also this is a ten square pattern repeated across the warp, so it goes pretty quickly. I worked on this over two days, though I’m getting faster as I get used to it. I’m enjoying it.
Also, I took this pattern from the “She’s A Rainbow Pillow” in the Crazy Shot book. Except I used just one variegated pattern colour and it’s much thinner.
I’ve only ever used a small hand-held tapestry loom, so I don’t have a lot of experience. You could likely adapt overshot to a tapestry loom, but you need two shafts, up and down, and you need two shuttles for your thick pattern yarn and a thin tabby yarn.
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