You Have To Be Warped To Weave 1.25” Button Weaving Loom Star Trek NASA Pun Pin

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YOU HAVE TO BE WARPED TO WEAVE
Fibercraft Science Fiction Pun Button
One 1.25" pinback button with the phrase You Have to be Warped to Weave, with the word ‘Warped’ written in classic Star Trek font.
Warp and weft are the two basic components used in weaving to turn thread or yarn into fabric. The lengthwise or longitudinal warp yarns are held stationary in tension on a frame or loom while the transverse weft (sometimes woof) is drawn through and inserted over-and-under the warp. Warped is also a synonym for strange or bizarre, and handicrafts such as weaving are now considered eccentricities rather than as a necessity in order to put clothes on one’s back.
Did you know that some of the early computers were woven?
The guts of NASA’s pioneering Apollo computer were handwoven like a quilt. The circuits and programs of the Apollo flight computers were also woven by hand, by women at a Raytheon factory in Waltham, Massachusetts. They sat at sophisticated looms, using long needles with wire attached to them instead of thread, carefully weaving the wiring that was the programming of the computers.
The result was core rope memory, is a form of read-only memory (ROM). Some programmers nicknamed the finished product LOL memory, for Little Old Lady memory. Every single 1 and 0 in the computer’s memory required a wire in exactly the right place. It took dozens of women eight weeks to assemble it, meticulously, by hand.
Wear this button while organizing the punchcards for your Jacquard loom, while boldly sewing where no man has sewn before, or while adding warp nacelles to your shuttle. Great as a gift for the weaver in your life!
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Pin back on each button. US penny for scale. Penny and ruler NOT included in price of button.
Jesus weft.