mazzlestar

PLEASE DON'T SEND ME ANY MORE SWAPS. I've fallen foul of a set of really nasty circumstances and am just trying to keep myself afloat. I'm trying really hard to send out all the swaps I owe, and I'm not joining any more. I feel awful that it's had to come to this, but everything is just too hard right now. Truly sorry to all.

Hi, I'm an 18-year-old Student living in the North of England. I live with my mum, stepdad and two younger sisters (Annabel, 15, and Beth, 4). I also have an older brother (Gavin, 23) and a nephew and a brand new baby niece (Malachi, 5, and Kate, 6 months on Christmas eve.!).

I share my house with 3 cats and a dog, all with silly names: Jacques, Tulula, Sydney, and Holly, the dog.

I am hoping to go to University in September to study Psychology. This will be a personal triumph for me, since I have struggled with health problems (CFS/ME) for 3-4 years now and I consider myself truly fortunate to have found a way through all my schooling and exams and to actually be able to go to uni!

My dream home would be one full of kitty cats with a warm fire and as much yarn, paper and general craft stuff as you could possibly want! And tea. Lots of tea. I am a tea fiend :D

I love to knit - I knit everywhere and my wool stash is overflowing! I'm a pretty novice knitter, though. I also enjoy making bookmarks/bookstrings, sewing, scrapbooking and making envelopes and paper.

Do quilting, bookbinding, make ATCs, speak another language fluently, knit on DPNs/circulars (I'm only on straights at the moment), crochet, draw, make soap, make candles.

• Tea: Nordqvist Tiger's Daydream
• Season: Autumn
• Colours: Emerald green, deep reds and blues, silver.
• Foods: Pasta, fish.
• Chocolates: Peppermint creams, especially the Hachez ones. And rose creams.
• Smell: Sandalwood

Anything by Neil Gaiman. I like to read memoirs/biographies but I also like fantasies. I'll read pretty much anything. I'm not into romance/chick-lit.

Batman Begins, Cube, Dark City, True Romance, Withnail and I, Fight Club, The Jacket, Jacob's Ladder, Equilibrium, 3:10 to Yuma, The Prestige, The Orphanage, Pan's Labyrinth... I could go on. I quite like psychological stuff and horrors and I like foreign films.

Alkaline Trio, Andrea Bocelli, Neutral Milk Hotel, Alice in Chains, Manic Street Preachers, Regina Spektor. I'll listen to anything once.

Friends, How I Met Your Mother, anything history related, anything crafty. Desperate Housewives, House, Dragonball Z, Sailor Moon, FullMetal Alchemist, Buffy, Gilmore Girls, The Big Bang Theory, 8 Simple Rules for Dating my Teenage Daughter...

Yes, Please! :

• Anything to do with American Football (NFL), any thing, any team! I'm just getting into it :)
• 6x6" knitted/crocheted squares, any colour or yarn, for my patchwork blanket.
• Any multiple of 3inch-squared (3x3", 6x6", 9x9" etc) knitted/crocheted pieces for other patchwork projects.
• Fabric-y goodness: my sewing machine is the latest addition to my craft arsenal.
• Charms, any kind, for my charm bracelet :D
• Anything related to cats
• Anything related to owls
• Anything related to hedgehogs.
• Anything animal-related!
• Fabrics, any kind
• Any kind of crafty embellishments/papers/peel-offs/ribbons/sequins/glitter. Any papercraft supplies!
• Any yarn.
• Mix CDs
• Warm wishes
• Bamboo knitting needles.
• Knitting books/patterns.
• Tea! Especially black tea with flavours (as opposed to just the fruit flavours)
• Anything that you think is either rubbish or you'll never use - scraps of wood, paper, I'll find a use for it!
• Broken (or not!) wax crayons.
• Nice postcards.
• Handwritten letters.
• Cute pictures.
• Stickers!
• Manga
• Rubber stamps and inks.
• Any kind of stationery
• Re-address labels.

No, Thank You! :

• Bath stuff/toiletries (except hotel sample size, I love those!)
• Anything with nuts in

... I think that's about it, I usually find a use for just about everything!

• Stamps
• Postcards
• Bookmarks
• Notebooks
• Weeny incense burners/holders
• All kinds of charms for my bracelet
• Keyrings
• Fridge magnets