https://cordis.europa.eu/article/id/442326-unravelling-weaving-s-role-in-the-history-of-science-and-technology
“The concept of order found in weaving helped shape festivals and was used in everything from arranging ritual dances to composing poetry,” remarks Harlizius-Klück. “It also provided the basic categories of odd and even for the first number theory.” The role of weaving in the history of mathematics - from ancient Greeks to Einstein’s universe as a ‘tapestry of space and time’.