Small Oseberg-style Band

I am doing another small tablet-woven band.  It is a threaded-in pattern with all cards turning in the same direction.

It is a band in the style of a small tablet-woven band from Oseberg, according to Silvia Aisling.  She wrote about it here and gives the draft for it in this pdf.

I am doing it with 8 cards, omitting the two cards at the outer border.  I am using white and blue instead of Silvia Aisling's white and orange.  The weft is the same thin green crochet cotton I used for the last band.  For this band, I am trying to keep the edges and weft spacing consistent as best I can.

This is an extremely charming pattern that looks good on both sides.

Since other family members want to play, too, I wanted a nice simple pattern for them to try.  I think this is a good one.

Photos will be added eventually, I'm sure!

I am getting faster at making/cutting the warp and getting it threaded in.  I only had to re-thread a few cards for S/Z mistakes, and all was fine by the time I started.  I got the tension fixed pretty quickly, so the weaving started without many headaches.  This looks good from the very first repeat.

 I am enjoying this band a lot and will probably make it again in other color combinations.

I seem to be using the terms card and tablet somewhat interchangeably.  Oh, well.  It doesn't bother me, but my future mythical readers might want to keep that in mind.