Cardweaving
Cardweaving, or Tablet Weaving, is an ancient craft by which people wove the narrow bands and straps needed in everyday life.
Detailed information can be found on the Cardweaving Wikipedia Page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tablet_weaving
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To help demonstrate the awesomeness that is cardweaving, and knowing that it's hard for people to see tiny threads, several members of Arch Reactor helped to make a Giant Surfboard CardWeaving Loom to weave 325 Paracord.
 Giant Surfboard Loom at KC Maker Faire | 8-inch Oak "Surfboard" loom to weave 325 Paracord. Tablets are laser-cut 1/4" acrylic Shuttle handmade at Arch Reactor Please note first Paracord Band to the immediate Left of the loom Please note the Schacht Inkle loom threaded with 10/2 Perle Cotton on the left of the picture - same pattern as is on the Paracord loom |
Cardweaving must be done under tension. In this case, each of the four-strands of paracord per card is weighted by a 1/2 liter water bottle
A laser-cut acrylic "comb" mounted to the end of the board helps keep the weighting even by spreading the bottles apart so that they don't "stack" together.
Excess warp length is chain-crochetted together so it does not drag |  Cardweaving "threads" require weights. In this case, 1/2 liter bottles of water! |
 Paracord makes for WIDE bands! | The first Paracord Cardwoven band!
22 Cards - 88 Strands of paracord
Over 5.5 inches wide
Estimated to hold upwards of 10,000 pounds (assuming we could find and attach appropriate hardware)
In 10/2 Perle Cotton - band is only 3/4 inch wide! |
 Cardweaving Poster |  Cardweaving Poster |
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Tomorrow
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Board Meeting - Online
- Start time: 07:00pm
- End time: 09:00pm
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Meeting Online with Jitsihttps://meet.jit.si/AR_Board
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Friday, October 2nd
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2600 Meeting - Online
- Start time: 06:00pm
- End time: 10:00pm
- Where: 2215 Scott Ave, St. Louis, MO 63103, USA
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Arch Reactor is proud to host the only St. Louis 2600 meeting. All 2600 meetings are open to the public. Visit stl2600.org for more information regarding topic.
More details about 2600 can be found at http://stl2600.org
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CANCELED - First Friday at Science Center - Wonder Woman
- Start time: 06:00pm
- End time: 07:00pm
- Where: Saint Louis Science Center, 5050 Oakland Ave, St Louis, MO 63110, United States
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Saturday, October 3rd
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RoboMo Meeting @ Online
- Start time: 01:00pm
- End time: 03:00pm
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https://www.meetup.com/robomo/ (https://www.meetup.com/robomo/)
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CANCELED - RoboMo After Meeting Workshop
- Start time: 05:00pm
- End time: 07:00pm
- Where: Arch Reactor, 2215 Scott Ave, St. Louis, MO 63103, USA
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Sunday, October 4th
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CANCELED - Open House
- Start time: 07:00pm
- End time: 09:00pm
- Where: 2215 Scott Ave, St. Louis, MO 63103, USA
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Come hangout with us and see what Arch Reactor is all about.
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Open Build Something!
- Start time: 07:00pm
- End time: 11:00pm
- Where: 2215 Scott Ave, St. Louis, MO 63103, USA
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Come stop by and visit! Open build night to work on projects and hang out!RSVP to reserve your space (we have capacity limits to help social distancing):https://archreactor.org/rsvp
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Tuesday, October 6th
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Business Meeting - Online
- Start time: 08:00pm
- End time: 10:00pm
- Where: Arch Reactor, 2215 Scott Ave, St. Louis, MO 63103, USA
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Officer reports, Announcements, Event planning, and other business.We are meeting using Jitsihttps://meet.jit.si/AR_Tuesday
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