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Denise Daniel
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Knitter, hand spinner, occasional crocheter and needle felter, and general fiber arts person, food allergy recipe developer, still working the day job to house, clothe and feed us. 🧶, Wellesley College alumna. Childless parrot lady.
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I got through the sixth chart and decrease row, so now I'm down to 223 stitches per row from the original cast on of 547. Three more charts to go.

#knitters #knitting #knit #knitlife #yarnlove #yarn #knitsky #🧶 #handknitting #handknitters #RavenwoodDragonCloak #TourdeFleece2025
6 charts of the Ravenwood Dragon Cloak completed, knitted in a hand dyed merino and silk yarn in blue, purple and teal colors.
November 10, 2025 at 5:04 AM
briagha1994.bsky.social
I got through the fifth chart and the fifth decrease row, so now I'm down to 277 stitches per row from the original cast on of 547. Four more charts to go.

#knitters #knitting #knit #knitlife #yarnlove #yarn #🧶 #handknitting #handknitters #knitsky #RavenwoodDragonCloak #TourdeFleece2025
Ravenwood Dragon Cloak in process in handdyed merino and silk yarn in blue, green and purple.
November 8, 2025 at 4:39 AM
briagha1994.bsky.social
I got through the fourth chart and the fourth decrease row, so now I'm down to 331 stitches per row from the original cast on of 547. Five more charts to go.

#knitters #knitting #knit #knitlife #yarnlove #yarn #🧶 #handknitting #handknitters #nevernotknitting #RavenwoodDragonCloak #TourdeFleece2025
Ravenwood Dragon Cloak being knitted, in blue, purple, and green merino and silk hand dyed yarn.
November 1, 2025 at 4:18 AM
briagha1994.bsky.social
I got through the third chart and the third decrease row, so now I'm down to 385 stitches per row from the original cast on of 547. Seven more charts to go.

#knitting #knit #knitlife #yarnlove #yarn #knitters #handknitting #handknitters #RavenwoodDragonCloak #TourdeFleece2025
The Ravenwood Dragon Cloak being knitted in hand dyed DK weight merino and silk yarn, in blue, purple, and green. #knitting #knit #knitlife #yarnlove #yarn #knitters #handknitting #handknitters #RavenwoodDragonCloak #TourdeFleece2025
October 23, 2025 at 2:16 AM
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Last week I got a present from my friend, but this is the first minute I've had to take pictures for Ravelry. Apple Fiber Studio on base McIntosh (Alpaca, Merino, and Nylon) in Beet and Japanese Maple. So fricking pretty and soft!!

#knitters #knitting #knit #yarn #handknitting #🧶 #handknitters
Hand dyed yarn in pinks and magentas Hand dyed yarn in pinks and autumn colors
October 4, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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I started a new spinning project using 16 oz of Paradise Fibers Corriedale top in color Purple People Eater. Spinning at 25 wpi and splitting each piece of top into 4 strips.

#handspinning #handspunyarn #handspinners #yarnspinning #yarn #🧶 #handspun #paradisefibers #CorriedaleWool
Purple, blue and black Corriedale top Singles of Corriedale Purple People Eater on Electric Eel Wheel 6.0
September 29, 2025 at 2:40 AM
briagha1994.bsky.social
I got through the second chart and the second decrease row, so now I'm down to 439 stitches per row from the original cast on of 547. Seven more charts to go.

#knitting #knit #knitlife #yarnlove #yarn #knitters #handknitting #handknitters #RavenwoodDragonCloak #TourdeFleece2025
First 67 rows of Ravenwood Dragon Cloak in my blue, purple, green hand dyed yarn.
September 26, 2025 at 3:24 AM
briagha1994.bsky.social
I got through the first chart and the first decrease row, so now it's 493 stitches per row instead of 547. 8 more charts to go.

#knittersofig #knitting #knit #knitlife #yarnlove #yarn #knitters #handknitting #handknitters #nevernotknitting #RavenwoodDragonCloak #TourdeFleece2025
First 39 rows of the Ravenwood Dragon Cloak in my hand dyed yarn in blue, purple, and green.
September 10, 2025 at 3:51 AM
briagha1994.bsky.social
I haven't posted after actually starting because I needed enough so you could see.
It's 547 sts a row, so it took a bit (row 22). I modified the pattern to add sts because one size fits all is b.s.

#knitters #knitting #knit #knitlife #yarn #handknitting #🧶 #RavenwoodDragonCloak
Purple, green, and blue yarn hand dyed by me, knit into the first 22 rows of the dragon scale like pattern of the Ravenwood Dragon Cloak on top of the pattern showing the picture of the finished object.
September 2, 2025 at 1:33 AM
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I won at plying bobbin chicken! I chain plied the singles of the Good Karma Farm batt that I started during Tour de Fleece. I got a DK, 11 wpi, 3 ply yarn, about 368 yards to 8.4 oz.

#handspinning #handspunyarn #handspinners #yarnspinning #yarnspinners #handspun #GoodKarmaFarm #TourdeFleece2025
Chain plied yarn on an Electric Eel Wheel 6.0 in grey, orange and magenta. Chain plied yarn in grey, orange and magenta on a niddy noddy. Chain plied yarn in grey, orange and magenta laying on a table. Chain plied yarn in grey, orange and magenta, wound in a skein, laying on a table.
August 22, 2025 at 2:49 AM
briagha1994.bsky.social
I finished spinning the singles of the Good Karma Farm batt that I started during Tour de Fleece.

#handspinning #handspunyarn #handspinners #yarnspinning #yarnspinners #handspun #GoodKarmaFarm #TourdeFleece2025
A bobbin full of singles on an Electric Eel Wheel 6.0 spun from a Good Karma Farm batt in grey, magenta, and orange at about 30 wpi.
August 21, 2025 at 2:39 AM
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Day 29 (August 3rd), Last Day of Tour de Fleece - Continued working on the singles of the Good Karma Farm batt and did one row of my Ravenwood Dragon Cloak.

#handspinning #handspunyarn #handspinners #yarnspinning #yarnspinners #🧶 #yarn #handspun #GoodKarmaFarm #TourdeFleece2025
Spinning singles of a Good Karma Farm batt in grey, magenta, and orange on an Electric Eel Wheel 6.0.
August 4, 2025 at 2:40 AM
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8 pints of the Pickled Three Bean Salad from So Easy to Preserve except I used Hungarian Hot Wax peppers instead of bell peppers because I had a lot, and it'll give it at little kick. Also, more beans I canned yesterday.
5 quarts of green beans and 1 quart of yellow wax beans with a few green beans thrown in. #gardening #zone5bgardening #foodallergygardening #foodallergy #cornallergylife #cornallergy #gardeners #greenbeans #waxbeans #HungarianHotWax #CanningSeason 8 pints of Pickled Three Bean Salad #gardening #zone5bgardening #foodallergygardening #foodallergy #cornallergylife #cornallergy #gardeners #greenbeans #waxbeans #HungarianHotWax #CanningSeason
August 3, 2025 at 2:10 PM
briagha1994.bsky.social
Day 28 (August 2nd) of Tour de Fleece - Still working on the singles of the Good Karma Farm batt.

#handspinning #handspunyarn #handspinners #yarn #🧶 #yarnspinning #yarnspinners #handspun #GoodKarmaFarm #TourdeFleece2025
Spinning singles of the Good Karma Farm batt in grey, magenta, and orange on an Electric Eel Wheel 6.0
August 3, 2025 at 3:02 AM
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Day 27 (August 1st) of Tour de Fleece - Still working on the singles of the Good Karma Farm batt. Forgot to post last night as it was really late.

#handspinning #handspunyarn #handspinners #yarn #🧶 #handspinners #yarnspinning #yarnspinners #handspun #GoodKarmaFarm #TourdeFleece2025
Spinning singles of a Good Karma Farm batt in grey, magenta, and orange on an Electric Eel Wheel 6.0
August 2, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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Tonight's hilarity part 2: Zucchini Sweet Garlic Dills, 6 pints.

#gardening #zone5bgardening #foodallergygardening #foodallergy #cornallergylife #cornallergy
#gardeners #Zucchini #CanningSeason
6 pints of Zucchini Sweet Garlic Dills on a towel covered rack.
August 2, 2025 at 3:18 AM
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Tonight's hilarity part 1: Zucchini Quick Sours, 8 pints.

#gardening #zone5bgardening #foodallergygardening #foodallergy #cornallergylife #cornallergy
#gardeners #Zucchini #CanningSeason
8 pints of Zucchini Quick Sour pickles on a towel covered canning rack.
August 2, 2025 at 2:15 AM
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Day 26 (July 31st) of Tour de Fleece - Yep, still working on the singles of the Good Karma Farm batt.

#handspinning #handspunyarn #handspinners #yarnspinning #yarnspinners #yarn #🧶 #handspun #GoodKarmaFarm #TourdeFleece2025
Spinning singles of a Good Karma Farm batt in grey, magenta, and orange on an Electric Eel Wheel 6.0
August 1, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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Tonight's hilarity: 3+ pounds of Hungarian Hot Wax peppers processed into 7 pints of Pickled Yellow Pepper Rings, and a load of dishes.

#gardening #zone5bgardening #foodallergygardening #foodallergy #cornallergylife #cornallergy
#gardeners #HungarianHotWaxPeppers #CanningSeason
7 pints of Pickled Yellow Pepper Rings on towel covered rack.
August 1, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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Day 25 (July 30th) of Tour de Fleece - Still plugging on the Good Karma Farm batt.

#handspinning #handspunyarn #handspinners #yarnspinning #yarnspinners #yarn #🧶 #handspun #GoodKarmaFarm #TourdeFleece2025
Singles of a Good Karma Farm batt in grey, orange, and magenta being spun on an Electric Eel Wheel 6.0
July 31, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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DAY 24 (July 29th) of Tour de Fleece - Spun more faux-lags from the Good Karma Batt.

#handspinning #handspunyarn #handspinners #yarnspinning #yarnspinners #yarn #🧶 #handspun #GoodKarmaFarm #TourdeFleece2025
Spinning singles from a Good Karma Farm batt in grey, magenta, and orange on an Electric Eel Wheel 6.0
July 30, 2025 at 3:01 AM
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This is my dry yarn from the yarn dyeing party. The neps did not dye and stayed their original colors.

#TourdeFleece2025 #yarndyeing
#YarnDyeingParty #ConcordNHKnittingGroup #wool2dye4
Fingering yarn with neon neps dyed chartreuse, turquoise, and purple pop. Multicolored nep dk yarn dyed with random purple dye stocks. 5 meter fingering weight sock yarn dyed with a mix of purple and aubergine on one side and speckled with purple pop, chartreuse and turquoise on the other to make self striping yarn.
July 30, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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DAY 23 (July 28th) of Tour de Fleece - Spun more faux-lags from the Good Karma Batt, I'm going through the women's race, too.

#handspinning #handspunyarn #handspinners #yarnspinning #yarn #🧶 #handspun #GoodKarmaFarm #TourdeFleece2025
Spinning singles of a Good Karma Farm batt in grey, magenta, and orange with an Electric Eel Wheel 6.0
July 29, 2025 at 3:36 AM
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I got the second half of the green beans done after the dye party, 14 more quarts. Hopefully they all seal.

#gardening #zone5bgardening #foodallergygardening #foodallergy #cornallergylife #cornallergy
#gardeners #greenbeans #CanningSeason
14 quarts of green beans on towel covered racks.
July 28, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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DAY 22 (July 26th) of Tour de Fleece - We had a yarn dying party for my local knitting group. We did some long, 5 meter skeins for self striping, and I dyed the yarn with the neon and multi-colored neps I bought.

#TourdeFleece2025 #yarndyeing
#YarnDyeingParty #ConcordNHKnittingGroup #wool2dye4
Yarn in a steam tray being dyed with chartreuse, turquoise and purple pop dye 5 meter skein half dyed with a mix of purple and aubergine on one side and speckled with purple pop, chartreuse, and turquoise. Multicolored nep yarn dyed with random purple dye stocks. All three skeins previously described hanging on a drying rack.
July 27, 2025 at 9:35 PM