Ada Lovelace, a poet and mathematician who made the connection between weaving and computers and flowers in the 1840's.
"The Analytical Engine Weaves Algebraic Patterns just as the Jacquard Loom Weaves Flowers and Leaves"
Here more on her quite surprising ideas

The first class of our Intro course was so great. Here is Ruth's teaching image, at this point the image has had it's colours reduced and 8 layers separated, awaiting weave structures. 

Here you can see the pattern presets being assigned to the layers and what the weave file will look like with the structures assigned. The students will be weaving samples next week and continuing to work on their designs.