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Otley Science Festival: The Hidden Mathematics of Knitting with Alison Kiddle

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Otley Science Festival: The Hidden Mathematics of Knitting with Alison Kiddle

Talk Doors: 7:15 pm Show Starts: 8:00 pm

Advance Price: £12

When someone mentions knitting, it’s unlikely that the first word to spring to mind is “mathematics”, but it turns out that fibre arts such as knitting and crochet have strands of mathematics woven into their very fabric.

Join Alison for a journey through the history, geometry and topology of knitting, learn how crochet allowed us to visualise complex mathematical surfaces long before they could be studied with 3D computer models, and discover the careful computations behind beautiful knitted creations.
Alison Kiddle is a freelance mathematician, educator and communicator based in the East of England. Alison’s career so far has included school teaching, university mathematics outreach, writing and public speaking.
Alison has been knitting since childhood, crocheting for 15 years and machine knitting on their five knitting machines since Autumn 2023.

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Show: 15 November 2025, 8:00 pm
Doors: 7:15 pm
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Act's Website: https://alisonkiddle.co.uk/

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