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Denise Daniel

@briagha1994.bsky.social

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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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Denise Daniel @briagha1994.bsky.social · 1d

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

Denise Daniel @briagha1994.bsky.social · 1d

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

Denise Daniel @briagha1994.bsky.social · 2d

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.

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Denise Daniel @briagha1994.bsky.social · 11d

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

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Denise Daniel @briagha1994.bsky.social · Oct 4

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 autumn colors

Denise Daniel @briagha1994.bsky.social · Sep 29

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

Singles of Corriedale Purple People Eater on Electric Eel Wheel 6.0

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Denise Daniel @briagha1994.bsky.social · Sep 26

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.

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Denise Daniel @briagha1994.bsky.social · Sep 10

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.

Denise Daniel @briagha1994.bsky.social · Sep 2

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.

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Denise Daniel @briagha1994.bsky.social · Aug 22

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.

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Denise Daniel @briagha1994.bsky.social · Aug 21

Lol, you'll get there though 💜

Denise Daniel @briagha1994.bsky.social · Aug 21

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

Denise Daniel @briagha1994.bsky.social · Aug 21

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.

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Denise Daniel @briagha1994.bsky.social · Aug 4

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.

Denise Daniel @briagha1994.bsky.social · Aug 3

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

Denise Daniel @briagha1994.bsky.social · Aug 3

They look fabulous!

Denise Daniel @briagha1994.bsky.social · Aug 3

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

Denise Daniel @briagha1994.bsky.social · Aug 2

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

Denise Daniel @briagha1994.bsky.social · Aug 2

I guess Bluesky won't let me send pictures privately

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Denise Daniel @briagha1994.bsky.social · Aug 2

I will send you pictures of the recipes. In my canning books here, they say it is safe to substitute zucchini for cucumbers so I used two cucumber canning recipes and just substituted the zucchini, cutting out the seeds. I only cut out the seed because my zucchini were huge (we forgot to check them)

Denise Daniel @briagha1994.bsky.social · Aug 2

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.

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Denise Daniel @briagha1994.bsky.social · Aug 2

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.

Denise Daniel @briagha1994.bsky.social · Aug 1

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

Denise Daniel @briagha1994.bsky.social · Aug 1

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.

Denise Daniel @briagha1994.bsky.social · Jul 31

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