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Heather Storta @heatherstorta.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Wish this crazy old guy (Buster -- my 12 year old Siamese mix) luck today, he's having a couple of lumps removed from his side. Chest xray and bloodwork showed all clear, so hopefully it's nothing to worry about...

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Heather Storta @heatherstorta.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

New purchase! One of my favorite clients, Aimee Sher, (who also happens to be one of my favorite designers), has a brand new in-house yarn and I couldn't decide which color I liked best, so I went ahead and got both. Why not, right? Can't wait to knit with it! 🧶

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Heather Storta @heatherstorta.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Take a class with me at Carolina Fiber Fest! March 12-14, 2026, Raleigh, NC. In Finishing School (Sat 3/14 from 1-4pm) you'll learn how to make your seaming look flawless! carolinafiberfest.org/workshops/ 🧶 #knittingteacher

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Heather Storta @heatherstorta.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Take a class with me at Carolina Fiber Fest! March 12-14, 2026, Raleigh, NC. In Grafting Like a Pro (Sat 3/14 from 9am-12pm) you'll learn some tricks for grafting all kinds of fabrics with more confidence! carolinafiberfest.org/workshops/ 🧶 #knittingteacher

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Heather Storta @heatherstorta.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Take a class with me at Carolina Fiber Fest! March 12-14, 2026, Raleigh, NC. In Tips and Tricks (Friday 3/13 from 1-4pm) you'll learn lots of tricks to improve your knitting! I promise you'll come away with things you didn't know before! carolinafiberfest.org/workshops/ 🧶 #knittingteacher

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Heather Storta @heatherstorta.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Take a class with me at Carolina Fiber Fest! March 12-14, 2026, Raleigh, NC. In Visible Mending (Friday 3/13 from 9am-12pm) you'll learn how to darn, and some simple embellishments for your mending! carolinafiberfest.org/workshops/ 🧶 #knittingteacher

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Heather Storta @heatherstorta.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Take a class with me at Carolina Fiber Fest! March 12-14, 2026, Raleigh, NC. In Bob and Weave (Thursday 3/12 from 4-6pm) you'll learn the best ways to weave in your yarn tails (in multiple fabrics). Never have a tail pull loose again! carolinafiberfest.org/workshops/ 🧶 #knittingteacher

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Heather Storta @heatherstorta.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

I'm teaching this March at the Wooly Weekend retreat, come join me! March 20-22 in Black Mountain, NC. I'll be teaching a Shetland Lace Hap workshop, and my Pattern Red Flags class (learn to spot problematic patterns!) It'll be loads of fun! www.pinnaclestitchevents.com 🧶 #knittingretreat

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Heather Storta @heatherstorta.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

I know it's been a while, but I have a new video out today on my YouTube channel -- this is a bind off I came up with I'm calling Roped Cable Bind Off. It's a firm bind off that looks a bit like a cable cast on. Let me know what you think! youtu.be/ocM0rDTU_z8 #knittingtutorial #bindoff #knitting 🧶

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Heather Storta @heatherstorta.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

I know I haven't posted in a while, but I'm getting a post ready to share a bit later on my new tutorial video out today, and I'm like - this seems so pointless, you know? How can I post these things I have to post (updates on my content and teaching, etc) while so much of the world is on fire?

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Heather Storta @heatherstorta.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

I thought I would share: Kim of Oakwood Knits sent me a copy of her sock booklet that is now available! It was lots of fun tech editing these sock patterns. If you like a certain farm game, or love knitting colorwork socks, these are so much fun! #techeditor #strandedcolorwork 🧶#knitting

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Heather Storta @heatherstorta.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

I was remiss in sharing, so let me share now! I received my contributor copy of Fair Isle Knitting Tradition several weeks ago. It was my pleasure to be the tech editor on this project! If you love Fair Isle knitting, then I highly recommend checking this book out!! #techeditor #fairisleknitting 🧶

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Heather Storta @heatherstorta.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

The newest Cast On magazine is out, and I have two patterns in this issue! Hlytt is my Icelandic-inspired hat pattern. And Brocade button Cowl goes along with my article on Crochet for Knitters. www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib... www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib... 🧶 #knitting #knitweardesigner

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Heather Storta @heatherstorta.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

I've only had a chance to sift through about half of our photos, but here are some of my favorites from the first half of our trip to Iceland! #vacation #iceland

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Heather Storta @heatherstorta.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

We had such an amazing week in Iceland! I promise to share some more photos soon, but here is one of us in front of Faxafoss (one of our favorite waterfalls of the trip!) #iceland #vacation

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Heather Storta @heatherstorta.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

I finally got to some yarn shops! Katla Wool center in Vik, and bought some Fjallalopi and a book, and Woolmarket in Hella, and bought some more yarn, lol. #knitting 🧶 #iceland

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Heather Storta @heatherstorta.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

My husband and I are all packed for our vacation to Iceland! We take the redeye tonight, and can't wait!! #iceland #vacation

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Heather Storta @heatherstorta.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

I think Ophelia thinks she can prevent me from going out of town if she blocks my access to my suitcase. Just so you know, this suitcase has been here for two whole days and she only now (when I'm about to pack it) decides to lay on it... #knittingteacher

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Heather Storta @heatherstorta.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

There are still some seats open in my classes at Pittsburgh Creative Arts Festival next week! August 22-24, in Green Tree, PA. Join me for: Picots and Bobbles Beaded Amulet Purse Necklace Mirror Knitting Tisket Tasket Entrelac Basket Fleegle Heels pghknitandcrochet.com

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Heather Storta @heatherstorta.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

Had a newsletter unsubscribe with a note calling me a leftist wacko. Ok then. Bye!

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Heather Storta @heatherstorta.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

New video! How to pick up a dropped twin/shadow wrap short row stitch if you accidentally drop it. #knitting 🧶 I hope this is helpful!! Please share, like, subscribe, comment -- all those things help me out and I greatly appreciate it! youtu.be/w2ujoNePkf4

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Heather Storta @heatherstorta.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

New video! (I know, it's been a while!) This week I have a video on how to resolve a Japanese short row when working in the round. It can be a little tricky! youtu.be/oZrXdeQdZ48 Please subscribe and share! #knitting 🧶

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👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 07/05/2025

you know the rule

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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

🧵In March I wrote about how Trump's attacks on science & universities followed the authoritarian playbook & set out Qs as warning signs for escalation. 🚨 THESE ARE NOW HAPPENING This 🧵is on how those warning sign Qs have been realised full post: christinapagel.substack.com/p/warning-si... 1/15

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Heather Storta @heatherstorta.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Join me next year for an amazing cruise of the British Isles!! 14 days, with knitting classes with me on the days at sea, and lots of knitting-themed shore excursions! I'd love to have you join me for this adventure!! July 11-25, 2026 tinyurl.com/pf7cz792 #knitting 🧶

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Heather Storta @heatherstorta.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

Day 2 of Unwind Getaway retreat in Blowing Rock, NC. (Well, day 3 for me, been here since Thurs). Feeling cute today -- haven't been feeling so cute lately, but it's hard not to feel cute in a dress with kitty cats on it and in my favorite knitted cardigan! #knitting 🧶

woman in disney cats dress with a gold colored short sleeve cardigan. Her hair is in victory rolls and she is wearing saddle shoes.

View out a hotel window of Blowing Rock, NC.

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The Political Revolution @polrev.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

Check out the Official 50501 Starter pack! Use this to find your local 50501 group or reach out to people all across the nation. @50501movement.bsky.social

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AltSSA @altssa.altgov.info · 10/04/2025

Haven’t shared this in a while so here is all of the vetted and verified #altgov accounts. If they aren’t in the starter pack, assume they are not with us. The starter pack is updated every time a new alt finishes the vetting process. And yes there are two of us from SSA, me and @alt-ssa.altgov.info

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Heather Storta @heatherstorta.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Not sure I'm handling the craziness going on in the *everywhere outside* very well right now, but... ...my YouTube channel just hit 12K subscribers so I'm doing a little happy dance for that, and it seems like an unimportant thing amid everything, but it's bright spot, so I'll take it.

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Bren @kindofnerdy.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

🚨 Hey, North Carolina! Please search this list to see if you - or others you know - have been singled out by Jefferson Griffin. If you're one of the 60,000+ voters on this list, please TAKE ACTION. Call your county BOE ASAP! Then tell Griffin to shove it! #RiggsWon thegriffinlist.com#search-line

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The Griffin List

A list of 60,273 North Carolina voters – these are registered voters who showed ID to early vote in the November 2024 election – whose votes Jefferson Griffin wants to not be counted. ...

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 02/04/2025

BREAKING: HE DID IT! HE DID IT! SENATOR @booker.senate.gov HAS BROKEN THE RECORD FOR LONGEST SENATE FLOOR SPEECH - BEATING RACIST STROM THURMOND'S 1957 SPEECH - 24 HOURS 18 MINUTES. "I'M NOT HERE BECAUSE OF HIS SPEECH, I'M HERE DESPITE HIS SPEECH!" THANK YOU, SENATOR!

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AltAirForce @altairforce.altgov.info · 28/03/2025

This is the best use of 2 minutes and 15 seconds of your time today! Please watch it yourself and then share it. 💗

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Heather Storta @heatherstorta.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

April 2nd is the last day to purchase a ticket for the Next Level Knitting Conference, put on by TKGA. 35 classes, social events and presentations, prizes, and much more -- plus all sessions are recorded and you will have access to rewatch for 6 months. #knitting 🧶 tkga.org/conference/

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NLK Conference – The Knitting Guild Association

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Heather Storta @heatherstorta.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Today on my YouTube channel, I have a video on how to work decorative duplicate stitch. I give you some tips on how to get it to look the best it can! youtu.be/GCIr7lD5XGM #knitting 🧶 #duplicatestitch #knittingtutorials

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Heather Storta @heatherstorta.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Are you a knitter in the Charlotte, NC area? Come join me at Craft CLT FEST the weekend of 3/29 and 3/30! wecraftclt.org/craft-fest/c... I'll be teaching Illusion Knitting on 3/29 and Picot Cast Ons and Bind Offs on 3/30. Come join me in person!! #knitting 🧶

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Jack-o-lantEryn @eryn.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

I present to you... The most perfect photo ever taken of the most perfect little boy lamb 😭

A young lamb, perfectly fluffy & very clean. He has the pinkest ears & his sweet face is looking at the camera. He is in a huge pasture with lots of friends to play with.

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Heather Storta @heatherstorta.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Migraines are no fun at all. My productivity today is shot to hell as a result. I just want to be able to get my work done without my head hurting and my eyes going all *flashy lights/blurry*! :-(

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Free Mahmoud Khalil. It's important to protect speech, even, perhaps especially, when we don't agree what's being said. If we don't support other people's First Amendment rights, then who will protect ours? We have to all be in this together.

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Heather Storta @heatherstorta.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Today's video on my YouTube channel is all about cables! I share a few things you may or may not know about cables. Have you knit with cables before? Please like, share, subscribe and comment, those all really help my channel! buff.ly/4gST0PY #knitting 🧶

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Heather Storta @heatherstorta.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Socks!! Another #showmeyourknits 🧶 prompt that I can jump all over! I adore knitting socks (always have a plain pair on my needles) and I love love love designing socks! They are so much fun to design... #knitting #knitweardesigner #socks

Pink socks on foot forms, in a cable design. Beehive Diamonds socks, in Cast On magazine, Fall 2024.

Brown ribbed socks with grey heels, cuffs, and toes. Uptown socks, in Cast On magazine, Summer 2023. (Soon to be self-published!)

Bright yellow socks on a pair of feet. My first "in print" design, from 2014. Leaf and Trellis socks, available in my Ravelry and PayHip stores.

Grey and charcoal socks, with charcoal heels and grey toes and cuffs. Graphite socks, featuring a slipped stitch pattern, available in my Ravelry and PayHip stores.

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Martha Rich Art Projects @martharichart.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

I made this the other night while procrastinating, mainly because I thought all the posts about the blackout were boring. It feels like there is momentum bringing people together!

A poster for the economic blackout on February 28. It is a big red Jack rabbit on an aqua blue back ground. It says economic blackout in hand done black type. There are two black speech bubbles. One says “don’t buy stuff Friday February 28th. The other says we have power. Below it says No Amazon, Walmart, target, gas food, gas. Below that it says OK small business, use cash. Designed by Martha Rich.

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Heather Storta @heatherstorta.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Maybe, you know, don't *insult* a designer while asking for pattern support? I usually go out of my way to help knitters, or do my best to, but my desire to be helpful (or nice) goes out the window... #knitting 🧶 #knitweardesigner

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Heather Storta @heatherstorta.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

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).

A white shawl as seen while worn, the model is holding her right arm out to showcase the lace.

Three lace shawls draped on a rock wall.

A grey lace shawl on the shoulders of a woman, her back to the camera.

A model in front of a building with large windows and shutters, she holds her arms wide showing a lace stole that stretches wider than her arms, in a light blue shade.

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Heather Storta @heatherstorta.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

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! buff.ly/3CNnMM8 #knitting 🧶 Please like, share, subscribe, and comment -- it helps my channel a bunch!

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Heather Storta @heatherstorta.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

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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Meet Heather Storta, TKGA-certified Master Knitter, vintage enthusiast, and knitwear designer

Heather talks about becoming a master knitter and her subsequent roles at The Knitting Guild Association, tech editing, designing knitwear and her passion fo...

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Heather Storta @heatherstorta.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

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

an annoyed cat looking out a window at the snow covered ground outside...

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Heather Storta @heatherstorta.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

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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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

🧵"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

This is a venn diagram showing how 69 Trump actions map onto domains covering: undermining democratic institutions; suppressing dissent and media; dismantling social protections; attacking science and education; destabilising the global order. A table version is available here https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1LZN7QnbSyFfUZJG8Sn1MWpK0VnfBtb0OSyZ1jxP3xBk/edit?usp=sharing

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Heather Storta @heatherstorta.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

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...

A pair of fingerless mitts on mannequin hands. The mitts feature checkerboard colorwork in white and dark blue yarns, with red accents, and have small hearts stitched on the backs of the hands.

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Heather Storta @heatherstorta.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

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🧶

A thumbnail image, with the text Beads! and a close up of hands showing knitted lace fabric in cream yarn with sparkly crystal beads in some stitches.

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