About Me

  • About Me: I wanna be the girl with the most scarves

Travel

  • Places I love: Edinburgh, Loch Lomond, Hong Kong, Paris, Antwerp, Berlin, Leonberg, Brighton, London
  • Places I've been: Hong Kong, Berlin, Antwerp, Amsterdam, Lisbon, Paris, Tenerife, Skye, Orkney, Arran, Gigha, Dublin, Londonderry, Belfast, Cornwall, Cambridge, London, New York, the list goes on!
  • Places to see before I die: Australia, Tokyo, Barcelona
  • Dream Vacation: A few weeks away somewhere nice with my fiance would be lovely.

More About Me

  • Nationality: Scottish, NOT 'British'
  • Religion: not a fan.
  • Heroes: Lulu Guinness, Vivienne Westwood, Jimi Hendrix, Alexander McQueen, Christian Lacroix, Cath Kidston
  • Interests: Art/photography, being creative (knitting, drawing painting etc), rock music, playing bass guitar, films, skiing...loadsa stuff, really. ooh and chocolate :)
  • Expertise: All things knit! I do just about anything involving textiles: sewing, embroidery, felting...Also a dab hand at designing websites.
  • Occupation: Textile Designer, Artist
  • Industry: Fashion/Textiles

Books

  • Favorite Books: A little love song (Michelle Magorian), Memoirs of a Geisha, High Fidelity (Nick Hornby), The Gardens of Kyoto (Kate Walbert), Trainspotting (Irvine Welsh), Bridget Jones's Diary (Helen Fielding), The Friday Night Knitting Club (Kate Jacobs)
  • Favorite Authors: Michelle Magorian, Nick Hornby, LM Montgomery, Irvine Welsh
  • Favorite Genres: Second World War Romance Novels, Humour
  • Favorite Characters: Anne of Green Gables, Charlotte Grey
  • Favorite Quotes: "I can resist everything except temptation!" - Oscar Wilde
  • Recent Reads: The Friday Night Knitting Club by Kate Jacobs

Style

  • Where I shop: Lots of places! High Street: Topshop, Miss Selfridge, H&M, New Look. Otherwise I shop in little boutiques, or hunt for treasure in charity or vintage shops. generally I look out for 'individual' pieces.
  • Brands I love: Topshop, EmilytheStrange, Julien Macdonald, pout, Urban decay, hard candy, Vans, rocket dog, Hello Kitty, o'neill, quiksilver, Lulu Guinness
  • I like to wear: funky patterned tights :) and stripy clothes (tho not necessarily at the same time!)
  • Can't live without: my trainers & my jeans...
  • Prized Possessions: my rainbow heels! they are like... 'wear the rainbow' (skittles colours)
  • Guilty Pleasure: ott crazy combos

Music

  • Favorite Artists: Feeder, 3 Colours Red, Incubus, Green Day, Snow Patrol, A, Foo Fighters, and soo many more!
  • Favorite Albums: Polythene, Yesterday Went Too Soon (Feeder), Pure (3 Colours Red), The Colour and the Shape (Foos), Insomniac (Green Day), Monkey Kong (A), Make Yourself (Incubus)...
  • Favorite Genre: ROCK!!
  • Favorite Songs: Everlong (Foo Fighters), Insomnia (Feeder), Beautiful Day (3CR), Pardon me (incubus)
  • Favorite Lyrics: "I wanna be the girl with the most cake" (Hole/Courtney Love)
  • Songs for Roadtrips: "She sells sanctuary" by The Cult
  • Songs I hate: Generally, anything which could be described as Dance music *shudder*
  • Songs I repeat the most: Anything by Feeder, generally speaking :)
  • Band I wish I was in: a rockin' one!

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    • Name: Cat
    • Country: United Kingdom
    • Birthday: 7/6/1983
    • Gender: Female
    • Member Since: 4/17/2001