Denise Daniel

5 crocheted snowflakes in two different white yarns on a purple clipboard. The snowflakes are all different.

I made some quick crochet snowflakes tonight for the craft themed tree we're raffling off at work.

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Singles of Corriedale top from Paradise Fibers in colorway Purple People Eater being spun on a custom painted Electric Eel Wheel 6.0.

Progress Update: I'm still working on the pound of Corriedale top from Paradise Fibers in colorway Purple People Eater. Getting close to finishing the singles.

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Just hand dyed, not hand spun, but thank you so much!!

I'm spinning singles at 25 wpi and splitting each piece of top into 4 strips to try to keep some colors more separate on a custom painted Electric Eel Wheel 6.0. The fiber is Corriedale top from Paradise Fibers in colorway Purple People Eater. I finished the first bobbin and started the second.

Progress Update: I'm still plugging along on the pound of Corriedale top from Paradise Fibers in colorway Purple People Eater. I finished the first bobbin and started the second.

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Denise in her completed Ravenwood Dragon Cloak in hand dyed merino and silk yarn, in blues, teals and purple from the front.

Denise in her completed Ravenwood Dragon Cloak in hand dyed merino and silk yarn, in blues, teals and purple, from the back, holding her arms out to the sides.

Denise in her completed Ravenwood Dragon Cloak in hand dyed merino and silk yarn, in blues, teals and purple from from a partial front/side view holding one arm out to the side.

Denise in her completed Ravenwood Dragon Cloak in hand dyed merino and silk yarn, in blues, teals and purple from the back, but a close-up view.

I got some pictures of my Ravenwood Dragon Cloak in daylight, although not ideal pics of me necessarily. I'm very happy that I added the extra repeats, as I like the fit.

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Singles being spun on a custom painted Electric Eel Wheel 6.0. The top is a blend of purples, blues, violet, and black.

Progress Update: I'm still plugging along on the pound of Corriedale top from Paradise Fibers in colorway Purple People Eater. I'm spinning singles at 25 wpi and splitting the top into 4 strips to try to keep the colors separate.

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Socks being knit two at a time on magic loop from hand dyed self striping yarn, in purple and multicolored speck stripes.

I went back to working on the Welt Fantastic socks that I modified to be toe up, using the self striping yarn I dyed this summer at one of the dye parties our knitting group had.

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I just bought that kit a couple of weeks ago at the Fiber Festival of New England. How is the pattern?

Close up of completed portion of the Ravenwood Dragon Cloak after blocking, knit in merino silk yarn hand dyed in blue, purple and green.

A picture of the Ravenwood Dragon Cloak being blocked, knit in merino silk yarn hand dyed in blue, purple and green, in a two thirds of a circle shape.

I blocked it a little differently than the pattern called for because I modified it. The pics aren't good because the light is terrible and the yarn is wet. Hopefully, it dries quickly.

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Finished Ravenwood Dragon Cloak before blocking laying on a white sheet. The piece is knitted in handdyed merino and silk yarn in blue, purple, and green.

Tonight, I got it off the needles, and I wove in all the ends, but I still need to wash it and block the ever loving bejesus out of it. But it's almost 10 pm so it'll have to wait until tomorrow.

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Picture of the Ravenwood Dragon Cloak in hand dyed merino and silk yarn in blue, purple and green, knitted up through chart 8.

I got through the seventh and eighth charts and decrease rows, so now I'm down to 115 stitches per row from the original cast on of 547. One more chart to go, and the finishing rows.
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6 charts of the Ravenwood Dragon Cloak completed, knitted in a hand dyed merino and silk yarn in blue, purple and teal colors.

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.

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Ravenwood Dragon Cloak in process in handdyed merino and silk yarn in blue, green and purple.

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.

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Aw, that's so nice of you to say!

Thank you! I dyed the yarn specifically for this project 🙂

Ravenwood Dragon Cloak being knitted, in blue, purple, and green merino and silk hand dyed yarn.

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.

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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

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.

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Hand dyed yarn in pinks and magentas

Hand dyed yarn in pinks and autumn colors

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!!

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Purple, blue and black Corriedale top

Singles of Corriedale Purple People Eater on Electric Eel Wheel 6.0

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.

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First 67 rows of Ravenwood Dragon Cloak in my blue, purple, green hand dyed yarn.

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.

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First 39 rows of the Ravenwood Dragon Cloak in my hand dyed yarn in blue, purple, and green.

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.

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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.

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.

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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.

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.

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Lol, you'll get there though 💜

Thank you! I think I'm going to chain ply it to keep the long color repeats.

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.

I finished spinning the singles of the Good Karma Farm batt that I started during Tour de Fleece.

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Spinning singles of a Good Karma Farm batt in grey, magenta, and orange on an Electric Eel Wheel 6.0.

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.

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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

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.

They look fabulous!

Spinning singles of the Good Karma Farm batt in grey, magenta, and orange on an Electric Eel Wheel 6.0

Day 28 (August 2nd) of Tour de Fleece - Still working on the singles of the Good Karma Farm batt.

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