Alison Kiddle

Alison Kiddle

Mastodon @alisonkiddle@mathstodon.xyz
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Today I'm putting the finishing touches to "The Hidden Maths of Knitting", my talk at Mathsworld in London next Tuesday (https://mathsworld.com/events/Knitting for tickets). I will be demonstrating an actual working knitting machine in my talk, as well as talking about just a few of the ways maths and knitting are intertwined. It would be great to see some Mastodon buddies there, if only so you ca82 views Today I'm putting the finishing touches to "The Hidden Maths of Knitting", my talk at Mathsworld in London next Tuesday (https://mathsworld.com/events/Knitting for tickets). I will be demonstrating an actual working knitting machine in my talk, as well as talking about just a few of the ways maths and knitting are intertwined. It would be great to see some Mastodon buddies there, if only so you ca Official #Mathsjam 2024 Mathscots picture (not to be confused with the Maths Scots picture)22 views Official #Mathsjam 2024 Mathscots picture (not to be confused with the Maths Scots picture) A little #NoticeWonder for you. My wondering was this: what other patterns could I make with these tiles?11 views A little #NoticeWonder for you. My wondering was this: what other patterns could I make with these tiles? Sharing a Belgian Bun when the cherry is off-centre can end up a little unfair... Mathematically speaking, if we assume the bun is a cylinder and the cherry is a hemisphere, could I have found a fairer way to share it? Is it always possible to share a Belgian Bun fairly, regardless of where the cherry is placed on top? I'm assuming both parties want equal amounts of bun and cherry.10 views Sharing a Belgian Bun when the cherry is off-centre can end up a little unfair... Mathematically speaking, if we assume the bun is a cylinder and the cherry is a hemisphere, could I have found a fairer way to share it? Is it always possible to share a Belgian Bun fairly, regardless of where the cherry is placed on top? I'm assuming both parties want equal amounts of bun and cherry.

📊 Post engagement

19
Avg engagement / post
5.5%
Engagement vs followers
Nov 2022
On Mastodon since

🔥 Top post: Today I'm putting the finishing touches to "The Hidden Maths of · 82 likes + reposts

📊 Activity & format

Posting cadence
0.13 / week
A lower-frequency account — each post lands with more weight.
Content mix
Mostly images
Recent: 6 text · 6 image · 0 video.
Follower / following
1.2×
Follows 285 back. A more reciprocal / networked account.

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🔥 Top post Today I'm putting the finishing touches to "The Hidden Maths of Knitting", my talk at Mathsworld in London next Tuesday (https://mathsworld.com/events/Knitting for tickets). I will be demonstrating an actual working knitting machine in my talk, as well as talking about just a fe… ★ 82
#emf2026 was magnificent. I only slightly overdid things and only had one tiny meltdown. I did a talk about maths and knitting, helped people make badges out of pie charts, helped @stecks do a kickass workshop about the maths of Dobble, re… ★ 12 Hello, clever maths friends. Here is a thing I've been thinking about this morning. Most monthly mathsjams meet on the penultimate Tuesday of the month. My local mathsjam meets the following day. Usually, this is the penultimate Wednesday… ★ 7 Candle in the bathroom. What do you notice? What do you wonder? What mathematical questions occur to you? ★ 7 My knitted blanket will be three times as wide as it is now, once I finish sewing it up. I wonder what fraction of the sewing I've done -is it also a third? 🤔 What do you notice? What do you wonder? ★ 1 Recently I had occasion to pose a question "which is more likely, flipping 10 heads in a row with a normal coin or getting four sixes in a row with a normal six sided die/dice". I asked a couple of people to work it out in their heads and … ★ 19 Sharing a Belgian Bun when the cherry is off-centre can end up a little unfair... Mathematically speaking, if we assume the bun is a cylinder and the cherry is a hemisphere, could I have found a fairer way to share it? Is it always possibl… ★ 10 Choose n consecutive positive whole numbers, for some value of n. Multiply your numbers together. Is the answer a multiple of n! (Oh no, now I'm stuck because I want to write "n factorial question mark" but it will look weird. I guess I'd … ★ 38 Choose any five consecutive positive whole numbers, and multiply them together. Did you get a multiple of 120? Will you always get a multiple of 120? How would you convince someone? ★ 7 Official #Mathsjam 2024 Mathscots picture (not to be confused with the Maths Scots picture) ★ 22 Day one of big #Mathsjam has been a big overwhelming blob of fun and also overstimulation. I'm running a Circle Theorem Badges table this evening helping people make badges with their favourite circle theorem on. And then hoping to chill o… ★ 11 A little #NoticeWonder for you. My wondering was this: what other patterns could I make with these tiles? ★ 11

🐘 Community & instance

Home server
mathstodon.xyz
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On Mastodon since
Nov 2022
Joined in the Twitter-exodus wave of late 2022 — part of the migration that made Mastodon a real destination.

💡 Facts

🗓️Joined Mastodon in 2022 — 3 years ago.
👁️Averages 19 views per post.
📤Posts about 0.1× per week.

🛡️ Audience credibility

80/100 Excellent
  • Est. 87% real, active audience · Low fake-follower risk.
  • Strong content engagement (~5.5% of followers) — an active, real audience.
  • Established account (3+ years old).
Est. authentic audience
87%
Fake-follower risk
Low

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About

Maths communicator and educator. I enjoy finding maths in unlikely places. When I'm not doing maths, I'm usually crafting. They/them

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Candle in the bathroom. What do you notice? What do you wonder? What mathematical questions occur to you? Today I'm putting the finishing touches to "The Hidden Maths of Knitting", my talk at Mathsworld in London next Tuesday (https://mathsworld.com/events/Knitting for tickets). I will be demonstrating an actual working knitting machine in my talk, as well as talking about just a few of the ways maths and knitting are intertwined. It would be great to see some Mastodon buddies there, if only so you ca My knitted blanket will be three times as wide as it is now, once I finish sewing it up. I wonder what fraction of the sewing I've done -is it also a third? 🤔 What do you notice? What do you wonder? Sharing a Belgian Bun when the cherry is off-centre can end up a little unfair... Mathematically speaking, if we assume the bun is a cylinder and the cherry is a hemisphere, could I have found a fairer way to share it? Is it always possible to share a Belgian Bun fairly, regardless of where the cherry is placed on top? I'm assuming both parties want equal amounts of bun and cherry. Official #Mathsjam 2024 Mathscots picture (not to be confused with the Maths Scots picture) A little #NoticeWonder for you. My wondering was this: what other patterns could I make with these tiles?

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