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she/her Master Knitter. Knitting teacher/designer/tech editor. Geek. Engineer. Vintage enthusiast. Find me on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@HeatherStorta Website: https://heatherstorta.com/
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Lace! I adore lace, and really love designing with it! #showmeyourknits 🧶 Left to right (all my designs): Waterlilies (Knit Picks: Ethereal), Lilah (Knitty Spring/Summer 2011 - my first major design!), Quatrefoil (Cast On Summer 2017, now self-published), Rain of Leaves (Knit Picks: Botanic).

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Today's YouTube video is on the Picot Chain Cast On. Have you seen or used this cast on before? It's quite decorative and dainty! https://buff.ly/3CNnMM8 #knitting 🧶 Please like, share, subscribe, and comment -- it helps my channel a bunch!

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Billie from the "Show and Tell Knitting" channel interviewed me earlier this week, and Billie and I will be in the live chat for the Premiere of my interview on her YouTube channel tomorrow at 3pm ET. Join me if you can! #knitting 🧶

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Buster doesn't know what to make of all this white stuff falling from the sky...

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Out now - my Helen Cardigan is now available as a pattern download from my shop! I am insanely proud of this one: it took me ages to get the design just right, and I think it turned out wonderfully. It's inspired by vintage cardigans from the 40s and 50s. #knitting 🧶 #knitweardesigner #vintageknits

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🧵"So this is how liberty dies..." Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up. I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9

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I have something I can show you for this week's #showmeyourknits 🧶prompt! These are my Checkerboard Hearts fingerless mitts, seen in the Winter 2024-25 issue of Cast On magazine. I just love the little duplicate stitch hearts...

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In today's YouTube video, I show you how to add beads to your knitting using a crochet hook. (This is my favorite way to add beads!) Have you used this method to add beads before? Let me know! Link is in my profile. Please like, share, comment, subscribe! #beadsinknitting #beads #knitting🧶

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My Monthly Newsletter will go out tomorrow! Make sure you're subscribed if you want it in your inbox! https://buff.ly/42Iuj59 #masterknitter #knitweardesigner #knittingteacher #techeditor #knitting 🧶

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New design! This is "Jupiter's Wave," out now in Cast On magazine. I had fun designing this -- it features a mosaic pattern on the brim and a fun texture pattern in the body of the hat. https://tkga.org/ #knitting 🧶

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Girls weekend knitting getaway in the WNC mountains. A "Not SAFF" trip that was postponed when SAFF was cancelled. 5 days of good friends, yummy food, yarn shopping, and knitting. What more could you ask for? 🧶#knitting

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I can do cables! #showmeyourknits My Harmonious Echo pullover is one of my most coziest knits, and I loved designing it. Up and Down Cables Socks were fun to design and knit too! And my Convoluted Cowl was also fun to design and knit! I do so love cables... Links in the comments... 🧶#knitting

submitted 29 days ago • 4 comments

Custom feed for crochet and knitting (and the occasional other yarn craft I get interested in). Picks up the yarn ball 🧶 AND any of these words: crochet, knitting, crocheting, crocheted, knit, knitted, yarn, nalbinding and pjoning in post or alt texts. Redone with the link (sorry for any confusion).

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Anybody else having trouble focusing right now? Certainly, I'm not alone, right? What are you doing to cope? I haven't figured out a way yet to function properly in this new reality we're living in. But I've read three books so far this year? I'll list them below... #booksky

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My quarterly LiveStream is today! Join me on YouTube and chat and/or ask questions while I fill you in on what I have going on, knit on some knitting, and answer your questions! I hope to "see" you this afternoon! Link: youtube.com/live/sNeGMHI... 🧶 #knitting #knittingqanda

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My Interests (in no particular order, although knitting is definitely number 1, or no, maybe cats is, lol): 🧶Knitting 🐈Cats 🧵Sewing 🔬Science/Chemistry/Engineering 👠Vintage Fashion 🍞Baking 🌻Nature 📖Science Fiction 📖Fantasy 🦄Mythology 🧚Folklore ♀️Women's Rights 🏳️‍🌈LGBTQ Rights 🔵Progressive Issues

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I'm loving how garter-based mosaic knitting in the round actually hides (a bit) the jog and looks really neat! 🧶 This will grow up to be a hat soon... #knitting

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I guess I'd better do an intro post here, huh? Hi, I'm Heather. I'm a TKGA-certified Master Knitter, as well as a certified Knitting Instructor and Tech Editor. I teach knitting (in person and virtually), design knitwear patterns, and tech edit for other designers and publishers. 🧶 Hi BlueSky!

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