This was so much fun! Don't tell the others but I think you made the best hat.

It was lovely to see you!

Very nice! Thank you for sharing

5) Best bit was being able to hang out with the coolest folks in maths comm though. I got to stay in a Maths House en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houses_... with @steckl.es and @mscroggs.co.uk (and seemingly infinitely many spiders...)

4a I'm proud of myself too, for asking for help. It's not easy for me to do that, but I managed to say "hey, I'm overwhelmed, I need space, can someone cover for me so I can get my head right?"

4) The community, and the culture. TMiP people are my friends, and mean the world to me. I was not well this week, and Friday in particular was a challenging day for me from a mental health perspective. People made space for me to decompress, and I'm so very grateful for that.

3a) doing hybrid well takes a lot of effort - the incredible @samsighs.bsky.social seemed to be able to be in multiple places at once both on the building and in cyberspace, and just did an incredible job of keeping everything ticking over.

3) the hybrid nature of the conference! As an organiser, there were times when I was staffing the registration desk and couldn't be in the room; having a fully hybrid conference means I could still listen in!

2) the excellent thought provoking discussions, both within sessions and in between. The TMiP community are thoughtful and intelligent, and provide a great place for me to think hard about how I communicate mathematics and how I can grow as a maths communicators.

1) the art. We had an Art Exhibition and a Tiny Art Exhibition, and both were stunning. The older I get, the more I want to explore maths through art, and vice versa. It was inspirational seeing what other people are doing in this area.

Young at heart! Although we're all closer to senior rates now 👴👵

Also, there are people who learned that "too much stuff per slide" is BAD so they pivot to "too many slides" which is ALSO BAD

Stay safe out there!

Good idea. I'll keep acquiring them just in case I find someone to give one away to!

I try to buy things like this secondhand - if I find myself actually needing an overlocker for a project I would consider buying a new one.
Three of my knitting machines are vintage, as is one of my sewing machines 😊

Good point, I should not be disappointed about missing out on buying my fifth knitting machine, because it means I still have room for an overlocker should one become available.