I am always pleasantly amused that many HN folks share with me a love for weaving, knitting and knotting; not to mention ropes.<p>Dang had once posted a long list of HN discussions on these topics.<p>I think there is something about them that squirts a little bit of dopamine in our pattern seeking, puzzle solving brains.<p>For me, one of draws was how does the symmetry of the woven pattern get weft into the cloth. Multi-shaft looms does it differently from, say, a Kashmiri rug.<p>When I had joined HN decades ago I had no idea that there would be this shared interest. Frankly, there were no reason for this to be the case.<p>Then one day this happened<p><a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44462404">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44462404</a>