Here are the rest of the bands I made with that last bit of leftover perl cotton. There was only enough left to make one more band with horizontal stripes -- blue with white bars. Then the rest of the thread stash made two narrower bands with vertical stripes.
One of the vertical-stripe bands has 4 ends of red, 3 of orange, 1 of dark gray, 3 of yellow, and 6 of pink. Yes, asymmetric, but it looks good anyway. I particularly like the 1 dark gray, which of course makes speckles rather than a vertical stripe. The band is very cheerful.
The other vertical-stripe band has 2 ends of blue, 4 of white, and 6 of green. Simple, narrow, asymmetric, yet also attractive.
The last remnants of the various colors are all less than 3 yards long. I suppose they'll go into the braiding stash. Or whatever I end up using short bits of yarn/thread for.
The bands in the photos are unblocked. I did block them later -- soaked them in warm water, then either ironed them or hung them up to dry. They look better, of course, but not so much that I'm going to add new photos to this blog. Not yet, at least.
Now what? More inkle weaving? I can move on to another thread stash. I can put heddles onto the Dundas inkle loom (a thrift store find) and use that for a few bands.
Or maybe it's time to do more tablet weaving. I've been circling around various 2-thread patterns and double-face patterns. Which shall I try first?
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