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A number of people have commented that they don't have enough shafts to do Swedish Snowflake with a border so today I offer people with 8 shafts a way to do a border with centre field.

Any four shaft threading can be treated the same, once the technique is understood.  To do it loom controlled you do need four shafts per block so a loom with 8 shafts.  Since the treadling is a bit complicated, it is easier to weave if you have a dobby, but it's not entirely necessary.  One doesn't need to choose *this* threading draft, but any of the simpler twills from Davison, or other books with threading drafts.  

This technique equally serves well for overshot.  One can place the design motif within the cloth where you want it.  Ultimately you can weave the overshot with loom-controlled pick-up and put it wherever you want.  I designed a font that could be woven - but it's for 16 shafts loom-controlled.  If you don't have enough, loom assisted pick up works well.

I think Nancy Hoskins has written a book doing this, or you could take my class at School of Sweet Georgia, where I included Bronson Lace pick up as part of the lace class.

(The above link gives a small discount for joining, if I recall correctly.  I have 4 classes there and there are several articles/blog posts plus I hang out to answer questions.)

Coming up to 50 years weaving and I'm still learning.  :)

oday I offer you