Cat McLaughlin 🏴🏳️🌈🏴☠️
@knittedpixel.bsky.social
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/
From/living in 🏴 but love to travel.
I sometimes write stuff here: https://catmcl.substack.com/
Pinned
Making History
The story of Scotland in stitches
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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...
I also embroidered the 🦄 - our national animal!
Enjoy: open.substack.com/pub/catmcl/p...
Happy Winter Solstice, Bluesky friends! ❄️ Always glad to reach this day in the calendar, and welcome the return of the light.
This photo is from December 2022, when the Eildon Hills were looking pretty with their dusting of snow.
#WinterSolstice #ScottishBorders #Landscape #Scotland #Snow
This photo is from December 2022, when the Eildon Hills were looking pretty with their dusting of snow.
#WinterSolstice #ScottishBorders #Landscape #Scotland #Snow
December 21, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Happy Winter Solstice, Bluesky friends! ❄️ Always glad to reach this day in the calendar, and welcome the return of the light.
This photo is from December 2022, when the Eildon Hills were looking pretty with their dusting of snow.
#WinterSolstice #ScottishBorders #Landscape #Scotland #Snow
This photo is from December 2022, when the Eildon Hills were looking pretty with their dusting of snow.
#WinterSolstice #ScottishBorders #Landscape #Scotland #Snow
It’s #OpenHouse for #BlueskyArtShow, so here are an assortment of rather charming wee birdhouses I spotted in Amsterdam this week while visiting my sister! 🪶
December 20, 2025 at 10:37 PM
It’s #OpenHouse for #BlueskyArtShow, so here are an assortment of rather charming wee birdhouses I spotted in Amsterdam this week while visiting my sister! 🪶
It’s #OpenHouse on #BlueskyArtShow this week! I usually share my photography here, but today I wanted to share my mixed media artwork. It’s a piece that’s a hybrid of analogue & digital art: my hand-drawn illustrations, hand-lettering and digital collage elements.
#GraphicDesign #MixedMediaArt
#GraphicDesign #MixedMediaArt
December 20, 2025 at 9:31 PM
It’s #OpenHouse on #BlueskyArtShow this week! I usually share my photography here, but today I wanted to share my mixed media artwork. It’s a piece that’s a hybrid of analogue & digital art: my hand-drawn illustrations, hand-lettering and digital collage elements.
#GraphicDesign #MixedMediaArt
#GraphicDesign #MixedMediaArt
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the most wonderful time of the year just got a little more colorful!
it’s with much happiness in my heart that i share with you my new coloring ebook: meowy christmas 🎄
poorlycatdraw.gumroad.com/l/meowychris...
it’s with much happiness in my heart that i share with you my new coloring ebook: meowy christmas 🎄
poorlycatdraw.gumroad.com/l/meowychris...
December 16, 2025 at 10:33 AM
the most wonderful time of the year just got a little more colorful!
it’s with much happiness in my heart that i share with you my new coloring ebook: meowy christmas 🎄
poorlycatdraw.gumroad.com/l/meowychris...
it’s with much happiness in my heart that i share with you my new coloring ebook: meowy christmas 🎄
poorlycatdraw.gumroad.com/l/meowychris...
Reposted by Cat McLaughlin 🏴🏳️🌈🏴☠️
December 15, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Reposted by Cat McLaughlin 🏴🏳️🌈🏴☠️
If you live in the UK and you would like to buy art from my shop for Christmas. I am sending everything 'Tracked24' just to be sure of swift delivery!
folksy.com/shops/thewee...
#Landscape #Winter #Trees #OriginalArt #Drawing #Painting #Artwork #GiftIdeas #ArtShop #ShopIndy #ChristmasGifts #bsnm
folksy.com/shops/thewee...
#Landscape #Winter #Trees #OriginalArt #Drawing #Painting #Artwork #GiftIdeas #ArtShop #ShopIndy #ChristmasGifts #bsnm
December 13, 2025 at 8:00 PM
If you live in the UK and you would like to buy art from my shop for Christmas. I am sending everything 'Tracked24' just to be sure of swift delivery!
folksy.com/shops/thewee...
#Landscape #Winter #Trees #OriginalArt #Drawing #Painting #Artwork #GiftIdeas #ArtShop #ShopIndy #ChristmasGifts #bsnm
folksy.com/shops/thewee...
#Landscape #Winter #Trees #OriginalArt #Drawing #Painting #Artwork #GiftIdeas #ArtShop #ShopIndy #ChristmasGifts #bsnm
What’s life without colour? DULL! Please enjoy these fabulous tulips at Keukenhof in the Netherlands for #TulipTuesday. 🌷
Photo taken during a visit to the floral haven with my mum in spring 2015 - the displays are just glorious.
#BloomScrolling
Photo taken during a visit to the floral haven with my mum in spring 2015 - the displays are just glorious.
#BloomScrolling
December 9, 2025 at 9:50 PM
What’s life without colour? DULL! Please enjoy these fabulous tulips at Keukenhof in the Netherlands for #TulipTuesday. 🌷
Photo taken during a visit to the floral haven with my mum in spring 2015 - the displays are just glorious.
#BloomScrolling
Photo taken during a visit to the floral haven with my mum in spring 2015 - the displays are just glorious.
#BloomScrolling
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December 6, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Reposted by Cat McLaughlin 🏴🏳️🌈🏴☠️
New on The Noise of Art…
An Audience with Pam Hogg
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In honour of fashion designer Pam Hogg, who died in November 2025, a piece from 2018 in which Hogg talks about designing costumes for a brand new production of Cyrano de Bergerac.
An Audience with Pam Hogg
open.substack.com/pub/neilcoop...
In honour of fashion designer Pam Hogg, who died in November 2025, a piece from 2018 in which Hogg talks about designing costumes for a brand new production of Cyrano de Bergerac.
December 9, 2025 at 10:00 AM
New on The Noise of Art…
An Audience with Pam Hogg
open.substack.com/pub/neilcoop...
In honour of fashion designer Pam Hogg, who died in November 2025, a piece from 2018 in which Hogg talks about designing costumes for a brand new production of Cyrano de Bergerac.
An Audience with Pam Hogg
open.substack.com/pub/neilcoop...
In honour of fashion designer Pam Hogg, who died in November 2025, a piece from 2018 in which Hogg talks about designing costumes for a brand new production of Cyrano de Bergerac.
Another pretty #sky for this week’s #BlueskyArtShow - throwback to Paris, August 2013. 🇫🇷
The huge Tyrannosaurus Rex was perched at one of the Bateaux Mouches stations on the River Seine. I always love the beautiful quality of the light in Paris whenever I visit the city. (Je reviendrai encore!)
The huge Tyrannosaurus Rex was perched at one of the Bateaux Mouches stations on the River Seine. I always love the beautiful quality of the light in Paris whenever I visit the city. (Je reviendrai encore!)
December 6, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Another pretty #sky for this week’s #BlueskyArtShow - throwback to Paris, August 2013. 🇫🇷
The huge Tyrannosaurus Rex was perched at one of the Bateaux Mouches stations on the River Seine. I always love the beautiful quality of the light in Paris whenever I visit the city. (Je reviendrai encore!)
The huge Tyrannosaurus Rex was perched at one of the Bateaux Mouches stations on the River Seine. I always love the beautiful quality of the light in Paris whenever I visit the city. (Je reviendrai encore!)
This week’s #BlueskyArtShow theme is #sky so here’s the sky above Loch Morlich & the Cairngorm Mountains, in the Scottish Highlands. 🏴 I’ve spent a lot of time in that part of Scotland and love it dearly - it’s so beautiful.
📷 Photo taken by me in April 2022.
#Scotland #Ecosse #Alba #Cairngorms
📷 Photo taken by me in April 2022.
#Scotland #Ecosse #Alba #Cairngorms
December 6, 2025 at 1:40 PM
This week’s #BlueskyArtShow theme is #sky so here’s the sky above Loch Morlich & the Cairngorm Mountains, in the Scottish Highlands. 🏴 I’ve spent a lot of time in that part of Scotland and love it dearly - it’s so beautiful.
📷 Photo taken by me in April 2022.
#Scotland #Ecosse #Alba #Cairngorms
📷 Photo taken by me in April 2022.
#Scotland #Ecosse #Alba #Cairngorms
Reposted by Cat McLaughlin 🏴🏳️🌈🏴☠️
We're happy to announce that Bandcamp Fridays will be returning in 2026. Check out the full list of dates below and get your wishlists ready for the final #bandcampfriday of 2025 this Friday, December 5th.
Bandcamp Fridays Return in 2026
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December 2, 2025 at 8:08 PM
We're happy to announce that Bandcamp Fridays will be returning in 2026. Check out the full list of dates below and get your wishlists ready for the final #bandcampfriday of 2025 this Friday, December 5th.
Please help to save the swifts!
Such lovely birds, so sad to hear they are a species on the UK red list, meaning their numbers are in critical decline. 💔 Requiring swift bricks in new builds (over a certain size) could help them find nest sites & their population to recover.
#SaveOurSwifts
Such lovely birds, so sad to hear they are a species on the UK red list, meaning their numbers are in critical decline. 💔 Requiring swift bricks in new builds (over a certain size) could help them find nest sites & their population to recover.
#SaveOurSwifts
🪽 Our swift population is in sharp decline. They've fallen by two thirds since 1995 and were added to the UK's conservation red list in 2020.
📨 But we have a simple, low-cost solution. Tell the government that now is the time to act to save our swifts.
🔗 greens.scot/saveourswifts
📨 But we have a simple, low-cost solution. Tell the government that now is the time to act to save our swifts.
🔗 greens.scot/saveourswifts
Safe homes for Scotland’s swifts
Safe homes for Scotland’s swifts -
greens.scot
December 3, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Please help to save the swifts!
Such lovely birds, so sad to hear they are a species on the UK red list, meaning their numbers are in critical decline. 💔 Requiring swift bricks in new builds (over a certain size) could help them find nest sites & their population to recover.
#SaveOurSwifts
Such lovely birds, so sad to hear they are a species on the UK red list, meaning their numbers are in critical decline. 💔 Requiring swift bricks in new builds (over a certain size) could help them find nest sites & their population to recover.
#SaveOurSwifts
Reposted by Cat McLaughlin 🏴🏳️🌈🏴☠️
The Museum of Natural History is seeking contemporary art work for our upcoming exhibition, with a total budget of £7000. Please note that that this must include all costs including artist time, shipping, fees, production, and travel (if necessary).
November 25, 2025 at 1:52 PM
The Museum of Natural History is seeking contemporary art work for our upcoming exhibition, with a total budget of £7000. Please note that that this must include all costs including artist time, shipping, fees, production, and travel (if necessary).
Happy St. Andrew’s Day, folks! 🏴
November 30, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Happy St. Andrew’s Day, folks! 🏴
#DavidsMonthOfMusic Day 30: Florence + the Machine - “Spectrum” (Calvin Harris Remix)
youtu.be/2JdBDp9GbpA
youtu.be/2JdBDp9GbpA
November 30, 2025 at 1:26 PM
#DavidsMonthOfMusic Day 30: Florence + the Machine - “Spectrum” (Calvin Harris Remix)
youtu.be/2JdBDp9GbpA
youtu.be/2JdBDp9GbpA
November 29, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Reposted by Cat McLaughlin 🏴🏳️🌈🏴☠️
Thanks! So good of you to share! My shout-out is for Leith Creative Trail, which is on this weekend - lots of art, craft, open studios, and markets.
Leith Creative Trail 2025 — Edinburgh Open Workshop share.google/zHt601TVZXUv...
Leith Creative Trail 2025 — Edinburgh Open Workshop share.google/zHt601TVZXUv...
Leith Creative Trail 2025 — Edinburgh Open Workshop
Edinburgh open Workshop is an open access workshop, offering affordable bays and machinery for metalwork, painting, carpentry, and textiles
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November 28, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Thanks! So good of you to share! My shout-out is for Leith Creative Trail, which is on this weekend - lots of art, craft, open studios, and markets.
Leith Creative Trail 2025 — Edinburgh Open Workshop share.google/zHt601TVZXUv...
Leith Creative Trail 2025 — Edinburgh Open Workshop share.google/zHt601TVZXUv...
Reposted by Cat McLaughlin 🏴🏳️🌈🏴☠️
Real makers, real art, real craft, real stories. The Real Deal at Folksy.com
Please consider buying from makers and artists in the UK this Christmas.
#Folksy #SupportSmallBusiness #GiftIdeas #ShopIndy #SupportSmallBusiness
#Christmas #ChristmasGifts
youtu.be/SghcDWseD-I
Please consider buying from makers and artists in the UK this Christmas.
#Folksy #SupportSmallBusiness #GiftIdeas #ShopIndy #SupportSmallBusiness
#Christmas #ChristmasGifts
youtu.be/SghcDWseD-I
Making Christmas 2020
All across the UK, makers are stitching, turning, moulding, carving, painting, knitting, sculpting, printing, fusing, forging and crafting presents to bring joy to Christmas 2020.
Here's to the…
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November 28, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Real makers, real art, real craft, real stories. The Real Deal at Folksy.com
Please consider buying from makers and artists in the UK this Christmas.
#Folksy #SupportSmallBusiness #GiftIdeas #ShopIndy #SupportSmallBusiness
#Christmas #ChristmasGifts
youtu.be/SghcDWseD-I
Please consider buying from makers and artists in the UK this Christmas.
#Folksy #SupportSmallBusiness #GiftIdeas #ShopIndy #SupportSmallBusiness
#Christmas #ChristmasGifts
youtu.be/SghcDWseD-I
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Happy Friday everyone
Here’s my #scape for Friday #ArtYear #smArtist #EastCoastKin
Scottish shimmering seascape
cardsbymormorjan.etsy.com/listing/1812...
#originalart
@mhhsbd.bsky.social @craftbizparty.bsky.social
(Heads up- this beauty is in my SALE this week)
Here’s my #scape for Friday #ArtYear #smArtist #EastCoastKin
Scottish shimmering seascape
cardsbymormorjan.etsy.com/listing/1812...
#originalart
@mhhsbd.bsky.social @craftbizparty.bsky.social
(Heads up- this beauty is in my SALE this week)
November 28, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Happy Friday everyone
Here’s my #scape for Friday #ArtYear #smArtist #EastCoastKin
Scottish shimmering seascape
cardsbymormorjan.etsy.com/listing/1812...
#originalart
@mhhsbd.bsky.social @craftbizparty.bsky.social
(Heads up- this beauty is in my SALE this week)
Here’s my #scape for Friday #ArtYear #smArtist #EastCoastKin
Scottish shimmering seascape
cardsbymormorjan.etsy.com/listing/1812...
#originalart
@mhhsbd.bsky.social @craftbizparty.bsky.social
(Heads up- this beauty is in my SALE this week)
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My range of handmade, eco-friendly greetings cards. Personalised with the text of your choice to suit every occasion.
littleconkers.co.uk/product-cate...
#justacard #handmadecards #christmascards
littleconkers.co.uk/product-cate...
#justacard #handmadecards #christmascards
Handmade Greetings Cards by Little Conkers
Eco-friendly greetings cards, handmade by Little Conkers. Featuring wearable brooches and crocheted accents. A little gift and card in one!
littleconkers.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 8:10 PM
My range of handmade, eco-friendly greetings cards. Personalised with the text of your choice to suit every occasion.
littleconkers.co.uk/product-cate...
#justacard #handmadecards #christmascards
littleconkers.co.uk/product-cate...
#justacard #handmadecards #christmascards
#DavidsMonthOfMusic Day 28: Warpaint - “Burgundy” (Rough Trade live session)
youtu.be/4EWiY9xXrug
Warpaint’s live session for Rough Trade (recorded back in 2011) is just pure magic. ✨
youtu.be/4EWiY9xXrug
Warpaint’s live session for Rough Trade (recorded back in 2011) is just pure magic. ✨
November 28, 2025 at 1:19 PM
#DavidsMonthOfMusic Day 28: Warpaint - “Burgundy” (Rough Trade live session)
youtu.be/4EWiY9xXrug
Warpaint’s live session for Rough Trade (recorded back in 2011) is just pure magic. ✨
youtu.be/4EWiY9xXrug
Warpaint’s live session for Rough Trade (recorded back in 2011) is just pure magic. ✨
If you love all things inky and analogue, please consider supporting the marvellous Meticulous Ink in Bath, England to build their forever home.
Share the crowdfunder with your fellow letterpress // print //typography // calligraphy // ink // stationery nerds: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/qr/OnvrVepn
Share the crowdfunder with your fellow letterpress // print //typography // calligraphy // ink // stationery nerds: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/qr/OnvrVepn
Help Build Meticulous Ink’s Forever Home - Crowdfunder
YouTube video by Meticulous Ink
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November 27, 2025 at 9:43 PM
If you love all things inky and analogue, please consider supporting the marvellous Meticulous Ink in Bath, England to build their forever home.
Share the crowdfunder with your fellow letterpress // print //typography // calligraphy // ink // stationery nerds: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/qr/OnvrVepn
Share the crowdfunder with your fellow letterpress // print //typography // calligraphy // ink // stationery nerds: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/qr/OnvrVepn
November 27, 2025 at 7:51 AM