String Figures on Parker Adey

Week Notes 69: Bridges, Galway, and Dublin

Sun, 09 Aug 2026 19:00:00 +0700

Lots of knots and braids. Travelling to Bridges in Galway via Dublin.

Week Notes 68: Family Camp at NeeKauNis

Fri, 31 Jul 2026 19:00:00 +0700

A week in the woods with a bunch of Quaker families.

Week Notes 66: Driver's Ed, Karate Teeth, and Sage

Fri, 17 Jul 2026 19:00:00 +0700

Playing with braids in the summer.

Week Notes 65: Relatorium Seminar

Mon, 13 Jul 2026 19:00:00 +0700

A light summer week ending in a talk on string figures and braids at the Relatorium.

Talk: The Art of Braiding Algorithms

Fri, 10 Jul 2026 14:47:06 -0400

A talk about work on loop braids and string figures.

Eric's Spurious Relation

Tue, 07 Jul 2026 16:42:45 -0400

Week Notes 64: Camping and A Wedding

Sun, 05 Jul 2026 19:00:00 +0700

From a camp trip to a wedding.

Week Notes 63: Camping and Blog-Post-Fish That Got Away

Mon, 29 Jun 2026 19:00:00 +0700

About to go camping at Presque-Ile.

Thumb Loop Transfers

Sun, 28 Jun 2026 06:16:36 -0400

Various examples of thumb loop transfers in the string figure literature.

Week Notes 49

Fri, 06 Mar 2026 19:00:00 +0700

The 8th week of classes. SET Magic and Two Trees Variations.

D92: Koura Commutivity

Fri, 06 Feb 2026 10:28:34 -0500

\[ \begin{array}{cc} \fbox{<3\ <3}\ \overrightarrow{1}\ \underrightarrow{2}\ \overleftarrow{3}\ \overleftarrow{2}\!\downarrow & = \overrightarrow{1}\ \fbox{<3\ <3}\ \underrightarrow{2}\ \overleftarrow{3}\ \overleftarrow{2}\!\downarrow \\ & = \overrightarrow{1}\ \underrightarrow{2}\ \fbox{<2\ <2}\ \overleftarrow{3}\ \overleftarrow{2}\!\downarrow \\ & = \overrightarrow{1}\ \underrightarrow{2}\ \overleftarrow{3}\ \fbox{<3\ <3}\ \overleftarrow{2}\!\downarrow \\ & = \overrightarrow{1}\ \underrightarrow{2}\ \overleftarrow{3}\ \overleftarrow{2}\!\downarrow\ \fbox{<3\ <3}\ \\ \end{array} \]

Week Notes 45

Fri, 30 Jan 2026 00:01:01 -0500

Fifth week of classes. An anniversary. A new card game.

The Paper Meme: The Fundamental Relations

Tue, 27 Jan 2026 10:46:41 -0500

Week Notes 43

Fri, 23 Jan 2026 00:01:01 -0500

Third week of classes.

Brokhos: Heart Sequence Analysis

Thu, 20 Nov 2025 16:33:21 -0500

Week Notes 27

Thu, 28 Aug 2025 11:00:01 -0500

Gearing up for the next term.

String Figure: Two Loop Apache Door

Sat, 15 Mar 2025 21:00:09 -0400

A string figure formed from two loops.

String Figure: Andromeda Galaxy

Thu, 13 Mar 2025 16:59:00 -0400

A picture of a heavily pinned string figure.

Arviligjuarmiut String Figures

Wed, 26 Feb 2025 08:13:29 -0500

A pair of string figures from Mary-Rousselière’s Les Jeux de Ficelle Des Arviligjuarmiut.

Shaking Out My Cardfile: Heart Group Relations

Tue, 21 Jan 2025 10:19:43 -0500

I collected up some cards for from my cardfile related to a topic.