This is a fun guitar strap to weave. The technique is Baltic style band weaving, and the band pattern is in the Inkle Pattern Directory by Anne Dixon.
Pick-up band weaving was traditional in Norway, Sweden, Finland, and the Baltic countries, Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia. Bands were used as trim for clothing and to tie clothing. Apron strings, bonnet ties, and hair bands could be colorful woven bands. Bands were used to hang articles up and to tie bags closed.
The pick-up pattern is easy to weave by moving the pattern threads up or down. Each pattern thread is surrounded by 2 background threads, and the pattern thread is thicker or double the weight of the background threads. The weft thread matches the background threads because it can show on the band when you drop pattern threads.
I'm using 3/2 weaving cotton with doubled pattern threads. To finish the band, I'll sew on leather ends, available from A Spinner Weaver. I added borders onto the pattern design to increase the width to 2".
I'm really enjoying weaving this colorful guitar strap for K.
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