I've been dithering about the Next Tablet Weaving Project for a while. While I'm dithering, I started this simple little band that's intended as a gift.
The pattern is charted out nicely on Twisted Threads here: https://twistedthreads.org/pattern/2iubdKQLn5dQWoT8N
I'm pretty sure I've seen this in a lot of places over the years, not just on Twisted Threads. But since there's already a chart, I'll link it and use it.
The chart calls for 17 tablets, all 4-threaded. It's a threaded-in 4F4B pattern, though I'm treating the outermost tablets (1 per side) as edge tablets and only turn them forwards. I'm using my usual Aunt Lydia's #10 cotton for warp.
I found some green DMC Cebelia in my doily leftovers and am using that for weft. I think it's #20. It shows little green dots where the tablet direction switches, but I decided I wanted to match the green edges rather than the yellow background. The request was for at least 3/4" width. I'm barely able to achieve that. I'll have to consciously try to keep the weft tension loose-ish yet still keep the width consistent.
The back is cute, too, though nowhere near as well-defined as the front. I'll share a pic of that at some point.
I'm getting low on several colors. Do I fill in the colors I'm low on so I can still weave with this stuff? Or do I let my supply run out, using the last bits for braiding and inkle weaving, and move on to a different thread? I'm not sure. It's actually kind of difficult to find easily available relatively inexpensive thread of decent quality in a good range of colors, especially if I want to get the stuff in person. I'm sorry to say that this big-box-store cotton #10-ish stuff might not be a half-bad choice. I'm probably going to do a few of these simple bands as gifts, and it would be good to have more options for the colors I can select for each band. Sigh. So off to the big-box crafts stores I'll go, I guess. Or do mail order.
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