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Cat McLaughlin 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏳️‍🌈🏴‍☠️
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Designer, creator & dreamer. Insatiably curious human being. Typography obsessed. Things I 💜: music, exploring creativity, photography, books, culture & art. From/living in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 but love to travel. I sometimes write stuff here: https://catmcl.substack.com/
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Cat McLaughlin 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏳️‍🌈🏴‍☠️ @knittedpixel.bsky.social · 5d
I wrote this essay primarily on the Great Tapestry of Scotland, but it also reads as a potted history of Scots, our literature, arts & culture, and contributions to science and industry, amongst other things!

I also embroidered the 🦄 - our national animal!

Enjoy: open.substack.com/pub/catmcl/p...
Making History
The story of Scotland in stitches
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Cat McLaughlin 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏳️‍🌈🏴‍☠️ @knittedpixel.bsky.social · 1h
Bunneh!!
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Art Herstory @artherstory.bsky.social · 10h
Coming up Thurs Oct 16 -

In Conversation: Dorothy Burge and Dr. Sharbreon Plummer
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Their conversation will discuss, among other topics, the role that textiles play in advancing social justice and capturing difficult histories.
In Conversation: Dorothy Burge and Dr. Sharbreon Plummer | School of the Art Institute of Chicago
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Cat McLaughlin 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏳️‍🌈🏴‍☠️ @knittedpixel.bsky.social · 1h
Lovely piece! 🌙
Wishing you a speedy recovery.
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Cat McLaughlin 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏳️‍🌈🏴‍☠️ @knittedpixel.bsky.social · 2h
It’s a real-life Catbus! 🧡
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Cat McLaughlin 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏳️‍🌈🏴‍☠️ @knittedpixel.bsky.social · 2h
I love how your embroidery evokes the brushstrokes of your painted art!
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Cat McLaughlin 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏳️‍🌈🏴‍☠️ @knittedpixel.bsky.social · 14h
Happy Ada Lovelace Day! My favourite woman in STEM is my lovely mum, who pivoted from studying genetics to becoming a sought-after software engineer & IT consultant. She worked on some high-profile finance projects during her career, including a system for calculating commissions for IFAs.

#ALD25
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Ada Lovelace Day @adalovelaceday.bsky.social · 1d
Ada Lovelace Day has begun! As midnight arrives on Kiritimati Island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, our global celebration of women in science, technology, engineering and maths begins! Join us in celebrating by posting about your fave women in STEM #ALD25!
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Dr. Divya 🇵🇸🧿 (offline) @divyampersaud.com · 1d
What would Link do?? He would share this, because that’s what he did every single day, being a legend.

11 hours left on our bold daily drive, which we’re running all month to help six families survive the slow genocide of ongoing starvation & displacement. Our help matters more than ever. 528/1000
Keep Hope Alive: a Gaza Giving Circle
We are a team of volunteers in the US and UK, led by two sisters passionate about helping our friends on the ground keep their families and neighbors alive with food, water, & shelter. We saw that…
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Cat McLaughlin 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏳️‍🌈🏴‍☠️ @knittedpixel.bsky.social · 2d
Not familiar with them, but I do quite like the album art!
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Cat McLaughlin 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏳️‍🌈🏴‍☠️ @knittedpixel.bsky.social · 3d
Thanks! It’s making me think I might have to dye it again soon 😊
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Cat McLaughlin 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏳️‍🌈🏴‍☠️ @knittedpixel.bsky.social · 3d
The #BlueskyArtShow theme this week is #Glow 🍁 so here’s a lovely autumnal oak tree.
An oak tree is silhouetted against the evening sun, and its leaves are illuminated, showing off their vibrant autumnal colours.
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Cat McLaughlin 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏳️‍🌈🏴‍☠️ @knittedpixel.bsky.social · 3d
Ignition is my fave Offspring album by a long shot 😎
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Cat McLaughlin 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏳️‍🌈🏴‍☠️ @knittedpixel.bsky.social · 3d
The #BlueskyArtShow theme this week is #Glow 🔥

Haven’t dyed my hair this colour for quite a while but love how it caught the golden hour light in this photo.
My long red hair glowing in the golden hour light, with my reflection just seen in the window behind.
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Cat McLaughlin 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏳️‍🌈🏴‍☠️ @knittedpixel.bsky.social · 3d
Knowing when to stop is tricky sometimes, isn’t it!
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Cat McLaughlin 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏳️‍🌈🏴‍☠️ @knittedpixel.bsky.social · 3d
I started mine when I was 37, and did it part-time as an online degree. I have ADHD but got through it with support from peers, family, friends & my uni. Just a few years prior, I wouldn’t have believed it was possible!
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Cat McLaughlin 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏳️‍🌈🏴‍☠️ @knittedpixel.bsky.social · 3d
Smash is such a great record!
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Cat McLaughlin 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏳️‍🌈🏴‍☠️ @knittedpixel.bsky.social · 3d
Such a great live act - I’m sure you’ll enjoy the show!
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Cat McLaughlin 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏳️‍🌈🏴‍☠️ @knittedpixel.bsky.social · 3d
Best of luck with your studies! I had been working in my industry for a number of years before I embarked on an MA - it was challenging for sure, but I also found it consolidated & expanded my existing skillset. The experience I had going into the course was extremely valuable too. No regrets!
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Cat McLaughlin 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏳️‍🌈🏴‍☠️ @knittedpixel.bsky.social · 3d
You too! 💕
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Cat McLaughlin 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏳️‍🌈🏴‍☠️ @knittedpixel.bsky.social · 3d
So interesting to see your creative process Julia!
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Cat McLaughlin 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏳️‍🌈🏴‍☠️ @knittedpixel.bsky.social · 4d
Sounds like bliss!
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Cat McLaughlin 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏳️‍🌈🏴‍☠️ @knittedpixel.bsky.social · 4d
Awesome! I’m just an hour south of the capital by train, so I’m not far away. Hope your current trip goes well & do keep me updated. Happy travels!
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Cat McLaughlin 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏳️‍🌈🏴‍☠️ @knittedpixel.bsky.social · 5d
For sure - you’ll just have to! Haste ye back, as we say around here. ☺️ (Maybe even do an arty meetup?!)

Enjoy - got a soft spot for M2, fka the Dean Gallery, because of the Paolozzi works there. Used to go there often to get inspiration when I was aspiring to become an art student many moons ago!
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Cat McLaughlin 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏳️‍🌈🏴‍☠️ @knittedpixel.bsky.social · 5d
I believe there’s some of her work still on display in the National Museum of Scotland too 😊 and I seem to recall a marble bust at the National Portrait Gallery in Edinburgh!
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Cat McLaughlin 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏳️‍🌈🏴‍☠️ @knittedpixel.bsky.social · 5d
Believe me, you won’t regret it - her lovingly restored murals are absolutely jaw-dropping!
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Cat McLaughlin 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏳️‍🌈🏴‍☠️ @knittedpixel.bsky.social · 5d
I wrote this essay primarily on the Great Tapestry of Scotland, but it also reads as a potted history of Scots, our literature, arts & culture, and contributions to science and industry, amongst other things!

I also embroidered the 🦄 - our national animal!

Enjoy: open.substack.com/pub/catmcl/p...
Making History
The story of Scotland in stitches
open.substack.com
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