It's done! You can't see all the motifs in the pic, but the ones that aren't visible are very similar to the ones that are -- slight variations of patterns elsewhere in the band or mirrored motifs, that sort of thing.
It ended up being about 64" long and about 5/8" to 11/16" wide. I haven't blocked it yet so it might end up more consistent after blocking. I did use lots of small batches of thread as weft, so it's possible that different weft threads led to slightly different widths. This band was not done specifically as a gift, so I didn't care if I used a mix of weft colors and thicknesses. The warp is the usual Aunt Lydia's 10 Crochet cotton, in dark red, dark blue, and white, with purple and green for the edge cards.
I'm learning a lot from my experiments in design in addition to copying (or mirroring, or doing variations on) pattern charts from sagawoolcraft.com.
This was lots of fun, both the weaving and the designing. My next Sulawesi band will almost certainly use more tablets so I can do wider designs.
I'm sort of surprised how easy and understandable this technique turned out to be. It's very straightforward and relatively quick to weave.
What next? Hmmm....
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