This is Fun!

The dyepots have been busy. Four weft skeins are dyed, and the two braided bouts. Here they are drying.

When I first looked at the braids, my thought was, "Oh, $h!t. There won't be any ikat patterning in them."

Lo and behold, once I started unbraiding them, the patterning appeared. First, the 3-strand braid, then the 4-strand braid:

 Now, I want to put some chopsticks in the crosses, so I can get a better idea how they will look in the reed.