Well, things have certainly escalated around here. I blame @John_Marlow and @talkers @heyheymama for my current timesuck obsession.
I’m armed with a 10x10” art show board, a sentimental love of Q*Bert, and a compulsion to over-engineer things.
The triaxial weaving needs even sized bands. And why buy them when I can waste hours weaving them, right?? 
Your cat looks like What is she doing with allytat yarm I cant play with it there
Re cat photobombs
I need a lot of supervision
Are you a wizard, cus the next maker Meetup is at cidercade
Testing…testing…testing…
I got my hands on a 10x10” board today, so before I start weaving the first strap, I wanted to super-verify the approximate wild-leaping ballpark guess I was doing.
The desired weaving width, if I’m doing this triaxial Q*Bert Thang, is for seven steps, if you look at the game pics. I want it to fit reasonably well on the board, not too big or small. Some room for spacing on the weaving.
I played around with different inkle straps I had laying around yesterday, guess which might be closest to correct size in order to guesstimate the approximate number of threads to warp on (80) the loom.
So, I warped the loom, but have held off weaving until I had the board and did the zigzag with closest strap to visualize kinda how this width will fit on the board. And if it had needed adjustment, I could add/remove warp threads before weaving commenced.
It also gives me approximate scale to start percolating thoughts on making Q*Bert and his little friends.
Also pictured, shuttle wound and ready to weave.
The piece of folded-double plastic is going to be used to make sure the width stays extremely consistent (goes around the strap, stationary as I weave. I’ll mark width once I settle into things, slide it, and check periodically). Thanks to the erstwhile milk jug for its noble sacrifice to the greater good.
So…I think the guess on width and warping was pretty good, no changes. Well, close enough any changes smack of effort, so not happening.
Time to weave.
Only on the weekends 
