Early in my weaving career I saw a photo of a 16-shaft pattern that looked like snakeskin. Off I went on a quest to find a “snakeskin” pattern for fewer shafts. I was quite delighted to find this one in an older copy of Handwoven, thought "go big or go home,” and proceeded to weave 8 yards for the ANWG 2023 conference Noh Coat entry.
Rebecca Cushman

This was a pretty simple overshot sequence with tabby picks between pattern picks. It’s fun to play with different treadling sequences to see what kind of patterns evolve. This sample was woven with the same tie-up as the referenced pattern, but I changed the treadling counts slightly, which is reflected in the drawdown.
Skye LaChute

Profile draft "Chintz" from Weaving Designs: Miniature Overshot Patterns by Bertha Gray Hayes, expressed in Summer and Winter. I imagined towels with an oversized design – only three pattern repeats gave me the width I needed! The towels were woven as drawn in (adapted for summer and winter treadling). I used a skeleton tie-up and quickly developed a rhythm.
Tenny Canning

The weave structure is a skip herringbone with alternating groups of 12 and 10 ends. The four-color plaid is mirrored widthwise but not lengthwise. The selvedges are very interesting—at first, I thought they had been machine-stitched and trimmed to make a soft edge, but on looking closer it appears they’re secured by a few ends of plain weave with a gap between—something to try with the rest of this warp.
Carol Buchmiller