tiff

Minion of The Fey Dog, runner of ridiculous races and aspiring illustrator. I like knitting, climbing and running. I am a web geek. I love handknitted socks. I get a lot of migraines.

I am here on swapbot to help push me to try new things, draw subjects I might not do normally, and have a bit of fun. The inspiration and making is the focus for me. Looking for hand drawn/painted swaps, and any other things that catch my interest (they will always be made things, I've no interest in just swapping items. Oh hang on.. UNLESS it's for some peppered salmon maple jerky strips from Canada JUST TELL ME WHAT YOU WANT IN RETURN. A KIDNEY? OK).

I am very new to this, but having perused a few other profiles I'd say that I'd much prefer something a little late rather than rushed, just let me know when you send it/PM me to let me know it's late. Don't sweat it! Stress is bad. However, just sending it late without any warning == NOT cool.

mah dawgs

Perfumed things || stickers || cath kidston style stuff || twee || artificial fibres || plastic || scrapbooking or other precut/ just stick on stuff, I will definitely not use! || I am not sure I am new to all this!

I stole this:

I have asthma! If you are a smoker, please include an unscented dryer sheet with your swap (some kind of baking soda packet might work a well) as that does a lot toward getting rid of the residual smoke (even if you don't smell anything I promise you, I can).

• climbing
• my dogs (red welsh collie, black and white border collie)
• handpainted/drawn stuff
• running
• Firefly/Serenity
• horrendous muddy races with obstacles and the like
• studio ghibli
• nature
• tim burton halloween thingie
• freehand chinese watercolour
• sci-fi and fantasy
• AD&D and related nerdisms
• animals
• living lightly/reclaim/reuse
• fanceh sock wool
• steampunk
• experimental ceramics mostly involving setting fire to things
• most anything that's well made and thoughtfully designed
• um um um stuff

I read a lot. Mostly scifi, especially classic sci fi/fantasy like Jack Vance, CJ Cherryh, Ursula K Le Guin, Frederik Pohl, Jack McDevitt

Here are some random other books:

• Dirk gently's holistic detective agency and The long dark teatime of the soul - Douglas Adams
• The Vorkosigan Series - Lois McMaster Bujold
• Use of Weapons (and the Culture novels)- Iain M Banks
• the war of don emmanuel's nether parts - Louis de Berniéres
• A thousand years of solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
• Dostoyevsky
• Solzhenitsyn
• The Dresden Files - Jim Butcher
• The Sandman graphic novel series - Neil Gaiman

• Serenity
• Dogma
• Lawn Dogs
• Hell Boy
• The Bourne Trilogy
• Crying Freeman
• Studio Ghibli (this is my I ARE ILL watching)
• The Princess Bride
• Enchanted (I cannot help it)
• Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
• Troy
• Whip It
• Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
• The Flight of the Navigator

• Firefly
• Stargate
• Doctor Who
• Farscape
• Angel

.. I don't watch a lot of television, but when I do, it's usually IN SPACE.