I have recently warped my 4-shaft Leclerc Mecco loom for Overshot weaving. In total, I planned on weaving two beautiful spring-summer scarves on it. This page will be giving all the details about the weaving of the first stunning overshot scarf with 8/4 and 8/2 cotton.

Before jumping into the pattern details, I recommend watching the video I made about the project!

For the warp, I used 8/2 cotton from Maurice Brassard in the color “Natural” (naturel 100). I also used that yarn for the tabby yarn.

I total, I used one full spool for the warp and parts of a second spool for weaving the tabby.

Here’s where you can get the same yarn: https://woolery.com/maurice-brassard-cotton-yarn-8-2.html?aff=214

For the pattern yarn, I used 8/4 cotton from Hobbii’s Rainbow collection. I used 1 skein of those 6 different colors:

-Plum (080)

-Navy Blue (030)

-Jeans Blue (029)

-Light Jeans Blue (028)

-Deep Jungle Green (100)

Here’s where you can get the same yarn: https://bit.ly/hobbiicotton

I did a warp of about 5.5 yards (5m). I figure that this should be plenty in order to weave two scarves of about 68” (1m73). This also considers for the fringes and the scarp yarn.

I warped a width of 20” and I used my 15 DPI reed. I singled the threads in the reed, meaning that the sett of this project is 15 EPI. The project has 300 ends, plus floating selvedges.

For the threading, my heart was set on the draft found on page 105 of Anne Dixon’s the Handweaver’s Pattern Directory. This specific pattern is called Honeysuckle.

For this first scarf, I did the treadling found in the middle of page 105.

The specific draft that I chose for this project requires a 4-shaft loom and 6 treadles. Thankfully, my converted Mecco had all of this. Also, overshot weaving requires two different weft yarn. This means that two shuttle are also needed.

For the weaving, I decided to alternate the 6 colors inside of the pattern weft with the help of thick stripes. I did those stripes in a random order. The only rule I respected is that I would only change colors when at least on full repeat of the treadling was completed. In other words, I did not change colors in the middle of a treadling sequence. I would only do it once the treadling was over. Moreover, I could do several sequence, but never more than three.

It’s important to note that at the very beginning and at the very end of the scarf, I wove 6 picks of plain weave.

I wove for about 68” on the loom. I did knots to secure the ends. Also, I cut short fringes of about 6” (15cm). I decided not to twist nor braid them.

I wet finished the scarf by washing it on cold water and I let it air dry on a flat surface.

After this, the scarf measured 59″(1m50) long and 16″(40cm) wide.

I really like how the scarf turned out. I find that the color stripes give a vibrant effect to the final piece. The cotton also makes it a perfect garment of cool summer evenings.