Jules the fairy @Jules@computerfairi.es
oh and tea, please! very queer and autistic. disability. fibre. they-pronouns.
not much tech-related tooting but feelings and everything.
I like tea but: http://ko-fi.com/A674QB4
Joined Apr 2017
@yeenbat Oh sorry I only saw your reply now!
So I started the #weaving and it's good 💚💙💜 Using up my sock yarn scraps for the first project. Looks like I still know how to do it after all those years. https://computerfairi.es/media/OOo_K_ZySYUyMl6XVeU
Okay I need to walk the dog now and then it's barbecue time with the neighbors. But I know what I will dive into afterwards <3
@Anke yes I knew that, it's very cool :D
Jules the fairy
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@Jules Here's a fun fact: Weavers sorta had computers before computers existed. The jaquard loom used punch cards to save complicated brocade or damask patterns. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loom#Jacquard_looms
They do belong in the family tree of inventions that led to modern computers. :D
And then there is this piece of BASIC 💎 https://computerfairi.es/media/Rj4GSFpe7oKrSwanBAw
>> One does not need to be experienced in computer science to use a ready-made computer program. There are already many on the market and more being advertised all the time in weavers' periodicals. ...
What does one do, however, when there seems to be no ready-made program available to use with a particular brand of computer? ... A third answer which could lead to tailor-made usefulness and greatest independence in the long run is, "Make your own program to fit your own interests and equipment."
"Adventures of a computer convert
(computer programming by a novice)
How do you feel about computers applied to weaving? If you have the opportunity to try one, you may be pleasantly surprised! Not so very long ago, I associated computers mainly with large businesses or for use in industrial and scientific processes. Suddenly, it seems, computers are in evidence everywhere from banks and grocery stores to private homes - including those of weavers!"
This one by Doramay Keasbey sounds nice too!
p. 28 here https://www2.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/periodicals/wj_31.pdf
The author ends with :
"Well, my apple word processor tells me that this installment now contains 16,016 ASCII-character-bytes, which is about all that Clotilde has alloted me for this chapter. Join me next time for a chat about computer languages and programming."
I will now go an read all the nice computer stuff in the weavers journals that were published the year I was born ^^ It's a whole series!
Look what I just found. From an introduction to computers for weavers in a 1983 weaving journal https://computerfairi.es/media/_c7DMF30QPRXghFTZcs
The journal is online here: https://www2.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/periodicals/wj_30.pdf
@october Yes I like weaving, just not as much as knitting and spinning. Needle felting is nice but I like to make bigger things (like clothes, shawls...) so this is not for me.
Thanks for the idea though! 🐑
Remember? I cleaned my mom's apartment and when she got home yesterday she was like "I always had this dream that someday someone would break in my apartment and clean it all up!!"
lol
@distelfliege Jetzt hör ich mir erstmal deine letzte Episode an, vor dem Abendspaziergang mit Wuff. Und dazu ganz vorsichtig spinnen, jawohl.
@distelfliege Haha, das ist auch bei solchen Sachen immer mein erster Gedanke ^^
Maybe I should give weaving another try.
@Hoern_ @distelfliege yay hörnchen :D
@distelfliege Habe so hübsche graue Corriedale für die tdf :D
oh and tea, please! very queer and autistic. disability. fibre. they-pronouns.
not much tech-related tooting but feelings and everything.
I like tea but: http://ko-fi.com/A674QB4
Joined Apr 2017
