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

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 🧶

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?

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

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 🧶

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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🧵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

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 🧶

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 🧶

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

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

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.

🚨 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

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!

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

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/

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

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 🧶

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

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*! :-(

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.

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 🧶

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

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!

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

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).

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!

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 🧶

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

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

🧵"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

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...

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🧶

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 🧶

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 🧶

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

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

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).

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

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