Madeleine Shepherd
@studioknotunknot.bsky.social
Textile artist, mostly knitting, mostly inspired by mathematics, space exploration and science fiction. Lapsed science communicator. Also, occasional writer and photographer.
Trying not to shout into the void.
www.madeleineshepherd.co.uk
Trying not to shout into the void.
www.madeleineshepherd.co.uk
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Can anyone suggest the street name in this birth record from 1867?
January 3, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Can anyone suggest the street name in this birth record from 1867?
Today's exchange of posts with @noneucldreamer.bsky.social got me thinking about Botanica Mathematica. This installation explores taxonomy and mathematical growth patterns using knitted forms.
I'd love to see it exhibited again. Any suggestions?
www.madeleineshepherd.co.uk/gallery_7865...
I'd love to see it exhibited again. Any suggestions?
www.madeleineshepherd.co.uk/gallery_7865...
KNOT UNKNOT: Botanic Mathematica
A textile taxonomy of mathematical plant forms. Botanica Mathematica is a collaboration between myself and Dr Julia Collins with assistance from Jo McRae and many, many knitters around the world. Jul...
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December 29, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Today's exchange of posts with @noneucldreamer.bsky.social got me thinking about Botanica Mathematica. This installation explores taxonomy and mathematical growth patterns using knitted forms.
I'd love to see it exhibited again. Any suggestions?
www.madeleineshepherd.co.uk/gallery_7865...
I'd love to see it exhibited again. Any suggestions?
www.madeleineshepherd.co.uk/gallery_7865...
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Today (28 December) is the birthday of THOMAS HENDERSON, born in 1798, who became the first ASTRONOMER ROYAL for Scotland in 1834, based at the Calton Hill Observatory, where he worked until his death at home at 1 Hillside Crescent on 23 November 1844. 1/
December 28, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Today (28 December) is the birthday of THOMAS HENDERSON, born in 1798, who became the first ASTRONOMER ROYAL for Scotland in 1834, based at the Calton Hill Observatory, where he worked until his death at home at 1 Hillside Crescent on 23 November 1844. 1/
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Tom Baker's Christmas message 2025
YouTube video by Tom Baker Official
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December 26, 2025 at 8:08 AM
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Bored over the festive season? We're still seeking contributions to our ridiculous saytheprime.com video project: sign up and make a 5-minute video of yourself saying a chunk of digits of the largest known prime number. Can we finish before they discover a bigger one? It's a race against maths!
Say the Prime
We're attempting to get a collection of humans to say every digit of the newly-discovered (and currently largest-known prime number) Mersenne prime M136279841, and hope to achieve this before another…
saytheprime.com
December 22, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Bored over the festive season? We're still seeking contributions to our ridiculous saytheprime.com video project: sign up and make a 5-minute video of yourself saying a chunk of digits of the largest known prime number. Can we finish before they discover a bigger one? It's a race against maths!
These wrist warmers have 28 ends to hide per pair. Four can be used for hand stitching the seams. If I had seamed them on the linker I'd have created another 8 ends to sew but would have trapped the original 28 in the seam. Why did I think it wasn't worth getting the linker out for just one pair?
December 18, 2025 at 11:06 AM
These wrist warmers have 28 ends to hide per pair. Four can be used for hand stitching the seams. If I had seamed them on the linker I'd have created another 8 ends to sew but would have trapped the original 28 in the seam. Why did I think it wasn't worth getting the linker out for just one pair?
Agar Art 2025 Winners Showcase How Microbes Sustain Life
The 2025 Agar Art Contest, themed
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December 17, 2025 at 10:53 AM
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Took a photo of Edinburgh castle last night and ended up with William Hope Hodgson's House on the Borderland.
December 5, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Took a photo of Edinburgh castle last night and ended up with William Hope Hodgson's House on the Borderland.
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Seconded! Thanks to everyone who turned up, took an interest, and maybe even made a purchase! Thanks also to Edinburgh Open Workshop team for organising the Festive Makers Market.
Thanks everyone who came along and was nice to us. We had a lovely day!
#fairsaturday #edinburgh #edinburghopenworkshop #shoplocal #buyhandmade
#fairsaturday #edinburgh #edinburghopenworkshop #shoplocal #buyhandmade
November 30, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Seconded! Thanks to everyone who turned up, took an interest, and maybe even made a purchase! Thanks also to Edinburgh Open Workshop team for organising the Festive Makers Market.
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On Black Friday, I want to draw attention away from the big chains and towards local Edinburgh independent retailers, makers and markets.
Please join me from
7 pm - 8 pm on Friday 28 November
to share some ideas for Christmas gifting.
We'll use the hashtag #EdinburghHour
On Black Friday, I want to draw attention away from the big chains and towards local Edinburgh independent retailers, makers and markets.
Please join me from
7 pm - 8 pm on Friday 28 November
to share some ideas for Christmas gifting.
We'll use the hashtag #EdinburghHour
November 11, 2025 at 3:34 PM
PLEASE SHARE:
On Black Friday, I want to draw attention away from the big chains and towards local Edinburgh independent retailers, makers and markets.
Please join me from
7 pm - 8 pm on Friday 28 November
to share some ideas for Christmas gifting.
We'll use the hashtag #EdinburghHour
On Black Friday, I want to draw attention away from the big chains and towards local Edinburgh independent retailers, makers and markets.
Please join me from
7 pm - 8 pm on Friday 28 November
to share some ideas for Christmas gifting.
We'll use the hashtag #EdinburghHour
Looking forward to sharing a stall with @floopy-b.bsky.social at the Edinburgh Open Workshop's Festive Makers Market on 29 November. We'll have cozy knitted goods, hand carved crochet hooks and some festive bits and bobs.
Full info on the market:
www.edinburghopenworkshop.co.uk/news/festive...
Full info on the market:
www.edinburghopenworkshop.co.uk/news/festive...
November 27, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Looking forward to sharing a stall with @floopy-b.bsky.social at the Edinburgh Open Workshop's Festive Makers Market on 29 November. We'll have cozy knitted goods, hand carved crochet hooks and some festive bits and bobs.
Full info on the market:
www.edinburghopenworkshop.co.uk/news/festive...
Full info on the market:
www.edinburghopenworkshop.co.uk/news/festive...
My time in the Spotlight is over ut the Coburg House gallery and shop are open on 29 & 30 November for a Fair Saturday workshop and a sneak peek at what's coming the following weekend, when we celebrate 20 years of Open Studios.
www.coburghouse.co.uk/exhibitions/
www.coburghouse.co.uk/exhibitions/
November 26, 2025 at 10:28 AM
My time in the Spotlight is over ut the Coburg House gallery and shop are open on 29 & 30 November for a Fair Saturday workshop and a sneak peek at what's coming the following weekend, when we celebrate 20 years of Open Studios.
www.coburghouse.co.uk/exhibitions/
www.coburghouse.co.uk/exhibitions/
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So much enshittification that it's now hit knitting and crochet patterns.
Check everything you can before buying online. AI is just a probabilistic parrot not a skilled designer with a team of editors and testers.
www.plagiarismtoday.com/2025/11/24/t...
Check everything you can before buying online. AI is just a probabilistic parrot not a skilled designer with a team of editors and testers.
www.plagiarismtoday.com/2025/11/24/t...
The AI Invasion of Knitting and Crochet
AI has been infiltrating knitting and crochet spaces, filling them with useless patterns. Here’s why that’s happening and what can be done about it.
www.plagiarismtoday.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:44 PM
So much enshittification that it's now hit knitting and crochet patterns.
Check everything you can before buying online. AI is just a probabilistic parrot not a skilled designer with a team of editors and testers.
www.plagiarismtoday.com/2025/11/24/t...
Check everything you can before buying online. AI is just a probabilistic parrot not a skilled designer with a team of editors and testers.
www.plagiarismtoday.com/2025/11/24/t...
Get your geek on with knitted cellular automata! Today and tomorrow at the National Galleries Scotland:Portrait www.nationalgalleries.org/event/tea-gr...
November 22, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Get your geek on with knitted cellular automata! Today and tomorrow at the National Galleries Scotland:Portrait www.nationalgalleries.org/event/tea-gr...
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Available now at your favorite digital store!
Sqinks by Rudy Rucker
books2read.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:58 AM
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We need your help.
@waterstones.bsky.social, without any direct communication with us, will be opening their 6th Edinburgh branch less than 100 metres from our front door at the Foot of the Walk in Leith.
Please read on for more information
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2562908...
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@waterstones.bsky.social, without any direct communication with us, will be opening their 6th Edinburgh branch less than 100 metres from our front door at the Foot of the Walk in Leith.
Please read on for more information
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2562908...
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Anger as Waterstones snaps up prime site on doorstep of independent bookshop
UK's biggest bookselling chain under fire over plans for new store beside Edinburgh tram line.
www.heraldscotland.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:28 AM
We need your help.
@waterstones.bsky.social, without any direct communication with us, will be opening their 6th Edinburgh branch less than 100 metres from our front door at the Foot of the Walk in Leith.
Please read on for more information
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2562908...
(1/2)
@waterstones.bsky.social, without any direct communication with us, will be opening their 6th Edinburgh branch less than 100 metres from our front door at the Foot of the Walk in Leith.
Please read on for more information
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2562908...
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To celebrate #BookWeekScotland we're sharing some of our favourite #kidsbooks featuring maths. Next, we have the wonderful counting caper 'How Many Legs' by Kes Gray & Jim Field. What's your favourite picture book about maths?
#MathsWeekScot #MathsToday #UKMathsChat #kidslit #kidsbooks #booksky 💙📚
#MathsWeekScot #MathsToday #UKMathsChat #kidslit #kidsbooks #booksky 💙📚
November 19, 2025 at 8:52 AM
To celebrate #BookWeekScotland we're sharing some of our favourite #kidsbooks featuring maths. Next, we have the wonderful counting caper 'How Many Legs' by Kes Gray & Jim Field. What's your favourite picture book about maths?
#MathsWeekScot #MathsToday #UKMathsChat #kidslit #kidsbooks #booksky 💙📚
#MathsWeekScot #MathsToday #UKMathsChat #kidslit #kidsbooks #booksky 💙📚
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Maths is a hobby for a lot of people, just like reading, cinema, or tennis.
This Tuesday (18th) is November MathsJam in many places, where you can meet other people who like maths in a pub.
Find your local MathsJam here: https://www.mathsjam.com/find-a-jam/
(Or ask me about the one in MK if […]
This Tuesday (18th) is November MathsJam in many places, where you can meet other people who like maths in a pub.
Find your local MathsJam here: https://www.mathsjam.com/find-a-jam/
(Or ask me about the one in MK if […]
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mathstodon.xyz
November 16, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Maths is a hobby for a lot of people, just like reading, cinema, or tennis.
This Tuesday (18th) is November MathsJam in many places, where you can meet other people who like maths in a pub.
Find your local MathsJam here: https://www.mathsjam.com/find-a-jam/
(Or ask me about the one in MK if […]
This Tuesday (18th) is November MathsJam in many places, where you can meet other people who like maths in a pub.
Find your local MathsJam here: https://www.mathsjam.com/find-a-jam/
(Or ask me about the one in MK if […]
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John Edmonstone, a Guyanese man born into slavery, became a successful taxidermist in 19th-century Edinburgh, mentoring figures like Charles Darwin and leaving a lasting legacy in his own contributions to natural history.
John Edmonstone: Charles Darwin’s Forgotten Taxidermy Tutor
John Edmonstone, a Guyanese native born into slavery, became a successful taxidermist in 19th-century Edinburgh, mentoring notable figures like Charles Darwin. He mastered unique preservation techniques and significantly contributed to natural history. Edmonstone's life exemplifies resilience and the pursuit of knowledge while overcoming systemic adversity, leaving a lasting legacy in academia and business.
katdevitt.com
November 15, 2025 at 1:22 PM
John Edmonstone, a Guyanese man born into slavery, became a successful taxidermist in 19th-century Edinburgh, mentoring figures like Charles Darwin and leaving a lasting legacy in his own contributions to natural history.
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On Black Friday, I want to draw attention away from the big chains and towards local Edinburgh independent retailers, makers and markets.
Please join me from
7 pm - 8 pm on Friday 28 November
to share some ideas for Christmas gifting.
We'll use the hashtag #EdinburghHour
On Black Friday, I want to draw attention away from the big chains and towards local Edinburgh independent retailers, makers and markets.
Please join me from
7 pm - 8 pm on Friday 28 November
to share some ideas for Christmas gifting.
We'll use the hashtag #EdinburghHour
November 13, 2025 at 9:29 AM
For the next three weekends, you can find my latest work in Coburg House Gallery Shop Spotlight display. The basis for this work is an agar pattern in Conway's Game of Life. It was the subject of new research in 2022. It's all knitted in Aran-weight lambswoolspun and dyed in Scotland.
November 8, 2025 at 12:14 AM
For the next three weekends, you can find my latest work in Coburg House Gallery Shop Spotlight display. The basis for this work is an agar pattern in Conway's Game of Life. It was the subject of new research in 2022. It's all knitted in Aran-weight lambswoolspun and dyed in Scotland.
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Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
June 19, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.