There's over 5 yards of cordage in the pile in the photo above. It's straight off the tablets, so it will probably shrink some. The spirals get straightened out while weaving, and then relax after the weight is off.
It went quickly enough but I was very tired of it by the end.
Pre-blocking -- 186" long, about 3/8" wide. Six tablets, 4-threaded, all with \ orientation. Each tablet has one color (i.e. all 4 threads are the same color) -- white, blue, blue, blue, white, white. The weft is also white. I wanted white tablets as tablet #1 and #6 so it would hide any weft bloops.
As usual, I wove forward for a while, with the weft going from right to left. Then, when the twist build-up started getting annoying, I switched, weaving backwards with the weft going from left to right. The shuttle always went under the band to turn the flat piece into a tube.
It always amuses me how the weft direction, turning direction, and tablet orientations interact to create spirals (either strong or weak spirals) or straight stripes.
It was hard to keep the cord from slipping out of the clamps while weaving. For a while, I was using a round turn and two half-hitches, but that got boring and it was kind of fiddly to adjust when I was advancing the warp. Also, I might have used more weight/tension than the cord really needed.
I like it. Of course. Though I'm very glad it's done.
This is destined as a gift, which is why it's so long. That's what was requested by the recipient.
After this, I have another couple of gift bands I've been asked to make.
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