It worked!
It looks like I occasionally got a thread caught on a tablet corner so that it didn't end up getting tacked down by the weft. In other words, there are a few spots where I have floats. Like I often do when weaving with multiple packs. Still. Even though I try to watch out for it.
But I do have to say that using two packs for the basic 3/1 structure is faster than manipulating each card (or pair of cards) individually.
I had less thread-catching with the FFBB cards ahead of the FBBF cards.
The belt is a little poofier than I like. Hmmm. I guess I'll need to play around with warp tension and how tight I pull the weft. On the whole, though, I am pleased. This would make a good belt. It's about 62" long, about 7/8" wide. Maybe I'll get some hardware (a buckle or a couple of D rings, plus or minus plaques) and turn it into an actual belt.
The front side is green (with a one-card brown stripe along the edge) and S-twill, while the back side is brown (with a one-card green stripe along the edge) and Z twill. Obviously this can be worn either side out.
Next time I am in the mood, I'll play around with tablet-flipping/twisting in order to change the twill direction and/or to change the colors.
My next band will be a two-hole band, yay! It's Yet Another Version of the Staraja Ladoga zigzag pattern I've already woven twice. This version uses the chart and pics from Aisling's website . Her version has 3 pattern tablets instead of 4, making for 11 tablets total (4 edge cards per side). I charted it up with the Twisted Threads charting software to see how to get those zigzags with spots. It looks like 7F7B should do it. We'll see. That seems a bit unusual for two-hole weaving (which usually does things in sets of two-cards-and-two-turns) but we'll see how it goes. If it doesn't work out like I'd like, I can change around the turning pattern. Or I can unweave those few pattern repeats and add another card and make another one using the previous two-hole pattern.
The red/white/purple zigzag band I'm about to do will probably be the last one from these particular vintage cottons. There's not much left of any of the colors, so they'll go into the leftovers I've been using as warp. Maybe there's enough to use for another spot band if I use a different vintage cotton for the main color. We'll see.
I'm also wanting to do more bands from the rug warp, to use as belts or straps. The Museum of London bands (here and in the Crowfoot article) that I did in that sampler a while back would make good belts, as would various brick-style two-hole patterns. Things that look good on both sides are my preference for straps and belts where both sides of the band might be visible.
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