It's finished! I started with 4 yards (144") and ended up with a band that is 116"-ish inches long and about 3/4" wide.
If I do this kind of thing again, I'll need a darker yellow. Also, I think there might be better ways to make a checkerboard.
I noticed (when I was messing up), that all-forward with 4 tablets of each color makes something that looks reasonably square and looked pretty good. So that might be a possibility. Otherwise, maybe I'd go with 6-8 tablets of each color, and do a few cycles of 2F2B before changing to the other color, as with Durham Seal tag #2.
Four tablets of each color still left the blocks elongated. And the 4F4B version of double-face didn't quite fit with the color changes. A friend is doing this pattern (well, not the same pattern, but the exact same turning sequence) using 6 tablets of each color. Even her blocks are elongated, so it really is about 4 tablets not being wide enough.
It's OK, but I'm not fully satisfied with how this band turned out. I didn't choose the pattern to follow, and I did not see a darker yellow thread in the stores. The weaving is OK, especially after I gave up trying to loosen the weft tension in hopes of squaring up the blocks. I kept it slightly loose but not sloppy loose.
I hope the recipient likes the band, and that it meets their needs.
What next? I want to finish a doily I'm knitting. And then, maybe another gift band. I'll see what the recipient wants. If there isn't specific guidance, maybe I'll do a checkerboard again, but with blue and green on white, 4 tablets per color, and doing an all-forward turning sequence, probably still with the alternating S and Z tablet orientation. Or not. We'll see.
I haven't thought beyond these gift bands so I'm not sure what's next once I'm on my own again. Is it time to figure out if I hate brocading? More two-hole and Sulawesi? Something diagonal-ish or 3/1 twill or pack-idling? Etc.
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