The loom that read cards — Weavers · The Makers
In the Thistle Mill museum stands a great loom with a long chain of cards full of holes. Guide Mira asks you to explain how it weaves a flower pattern.
Your task
Put the steps of the punched-card loom in order.
- In 1804 Joseph Marie Jacquard showed a loom controlled by punched cards. Where a card has a hole, a hook passes through and lifts that warp thread; where there is no hole, the thread stays down.
- Invented guild stories to learn from. Never try fire, hot metal, glass, blades or power tools on your own: crafts like these are learned with a trained adult.
- Every craft came from many people in many places. Nothing about you is collected.
Score
- Craft knowledge — You understood how this craft works.
- Making it well — You put the steps in a sensible order and used the right tools.
- Care for people & planet — You kept people safe and used materials wisely.
In real life
Jacquard's cards inspired Charles Babbage, who planned to feed punched cards to his Analytical Engine, an early design for a computer. Ada Lovelace wrote about it.
Weavers
The guild stories are invented, to learn from. Fire, heat, blades and tools are only for trained adults: learn these crafts with a trained adult, never at home. Nothing about you is collected; progress stays on this device.
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