I had mentioned the S-sign band from Applesies and Fox Noses as being in this style. It has 6 tablets for the main pattern plus 3 for each edge/border, for 12 total.
So I warped it up and wove it, using Aunt Lydia's #10 crochet cotton in purple and white.
I ended up with close to 6' of finished band. I'm not sure how much I started with, so I don't know how much take-up there was. I had about 10" or so of waste on each end. The band itself is roughly 1/2" wide.
The weft was some thinner white crochet cotton from the leftover crochet cotton stash.
The weaving was quite straightforward. My edges are reasonably straight and the weft-spacing is reasonably consistent. Not perfect, but reasonable.
Applesies and Fox Noses Drafting Conventions:
Tablet orientation is shown (instead of thread orientation).
The AD line is at the top when starting.
Tablets are numbered from left to right.
Tablets face right.
Tablets are labeled in a counter-clockwise direction when facing right.
Things I learned:
I need a better way of handling long warps. I keep getting them all tangled.
Cats are not very good assistants if one's goal is to untangle a bunch of cotton threads.
I was trying to do this backstrap-style. But I got too frustrated with the warp threads since they kept tangling and I couldn't get the tension to be even. Eventually I just transferred it to a warp-weighted loom. I untangled the first few feet of the warp, added some weight, and was able to get the tension even enough. So I guess I'll do backstrap-style weaving with some other band.
Instead of working out the extra twist in border cards continuously turned forward, I flipped them around their vertical axis every now and then. (This gives the same effect as turning them backwards.) I think I prefer to work out extra twist or to honestly start turning them backwards. Flipping was OK but a bit fiddly.
For whatever reason, this was the first time I noticed that Applesies and Fox Noses has the cards labeled in a counter-clockwise instead of a clockwise direction. Oh, well! I just re-arranged cards instead of re-threading them.
I'm not sure what band I'll do next. I still want to do a double-face sampler plus there are a few diagonal-type patterns I'd like to do. Or maybe I should blather on about braiding for a while. Or inkle-type band weaving. We'll see!
