# Alpaca 2025 attendees - please introduce yourselves! **URL:** \ **Category:** Alpaca Festival and Conference\ **Created:** [4 September 2025 19:53 UTC](https://forum.patternclub.org/t/alpaca-2025-attendees-please-introduce-yourselves/705 "2025-09-04T19:53:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 8
**Author:** ![forresto](https://forum.patternclub.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/dc4da7/32.png) [@forresto](https://forum.patternclub.org/u/forresto)\ **Post date:** [5 September 2025 10:21 UTC](https://forum.patternclub.org/t/alpaca-2025-attendees-please-introduce-yourselves/705/8 "2025-09-05T10:21:20Z")
Forrest O. joining remotely from Helsinki. I introduced myself and one favorite pattern in this thread… > [@Sashiko patterns for embroidery and weaving](https://forum.algorithmicpattern.org/t/sashiko-patterns-for-embroidery-and-weaving/663/1): > > I took a mending class and was drawn to Hitomezashi Sashiko which are patterns made by offsetting rows and columns of stitches by 0 or 1 stitch length. As a programmer I challenged myself to stay AFK during the class, but after the class I had to experiment with programming some visualizations of the patterns. I made this in collaboration with the class instructor, who also does these patterns in weaving, which is called Sashiko Ori. I started experimenting in [Cuttle](https://cuttle.xyz/@forresto/hitomezashi-sashiko-weaving-patterns-Yf83xDJbIQS3) (parametric 2d design app),… I have another favorite pattern (Sierpiński curve) animated and papercrafted here… > **[Sierpiński curve animation](https://www.forresto.com/2020s/sierpinski.html)** --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.patternclub.org/t/alpaca-2025-attendees-please-introduce-yourselves/705)._