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.

#knitting #knit #knitlife #🧶 #yarn #knitters #handknitting #handknitters #RavenwoodDragonCloak #TourdeFleece2025

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.

#knitters #knitting #knit #knitsky #yarn #🧶 #handknitting #RavenwoodDragonCloak #TourdeFleece2025

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.

#knitters #knitting #knit #knitlife #yarnlove #yarn #knitsky #🧶 #handknitting #handknitters #RavenwoodDragonCloak #TourdeFleece2025

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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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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Close up of a garter stitch section of the yellow and blue portion of the hap. It shows yellow and blue barber polled yarn knit up.

Half a hap going from dark blue to light blue to light green to yellow. Next to it is the yarn cake it’s being knit from.

The #TourDeFleece2025 hap is happening. I love the look of the barber polled yarn.

#fiberarts #knitter #knitsky #HandSpunYarn #HandSpun #SupportSpindleSpun #NeverNotKnitting #SoManyWIPs #LaceKnitting🧶

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.

#knitting #knit #knitlife #yarnlove #yarn #knitters #handknitting #handknitters #RavenwoodDragonCloak #TourdeFleece2025

A yarn cake of home spun yarn with a small garter stitch project on it. The yarn is blues and greens and yellows and browns.

My #TourDeFleece2025 spin is going to be a hap.
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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.

#knitting #knit #knitlife #yarnlove #yarn #knitters #handknitting #handknitters #RavenwoodDragonCloak #TourdeFleece2025

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.

#knittersofig #knitting #knit #knitlife #yarnlove #yarn #knitters #handknitting #handknitters #nevernotknitting #RavenwoodDragonCloak #TourdeFleece2025

Incredibly late, but here is a picture of all the yarn I spun during #tourdefleece2025

Only 435 yards this year but I spun a lot thicker than normal & didn't do any 2-ply

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.

#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.

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

This years Tour de Fleece I spun and plyed 15 skeins with a weight of 499 gramm and a length of 1381 metres - only with handspindles.

#tourdefleece2025 #handspunyarn #handspindle #handmade

So much handspun embroidery thread! I did 2 ounces this time and it made alot more then I thought it would! This is now washed and hanging to dry, then it will be divided up and dyed.
#handspunembrioderythread #crewelwool #spinningandfiberprep #tourdefleece2025 #embroiderythread #fiberarts

Washed up all my tour de fleece skeins! Got my sister to help beat em up — which she enjoyed mwahahaha

#tourdefleece #tourdefleece2025 #TeamSpryWhimsy2025TdF #handspun #fiberarts #wiscofiberarts

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.

#handspinning #handspunyarn #handspinners #yarnspinning #yarnspinners #🧶 #yarn #handspun #GoodKarmaFarm #TourdeFleece2025

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.

#handspinning #handspunyarn #handspinners #yarn #🧶 #yarnspinning #yarnspinners #handspun #GoodKarmaFarm #TourdeFleece2025

My 5th & final skein of #TourDeFleece2025 (only a week late).

The colors are so bright & vibrant 😍

Ply Time: 56mins
Approx 138yds of an overspun dk/sport weight chainply.

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

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

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

Singles of a Good Karma Farm batt in grey, orange, and magenta being spun on an Electric Eel Wheel 6.0

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

A collection of skeins of hand spun yarn in various sizes and colours. Top left of picture, three large skeins of natural white Romney yarn spun on a spinning wheel. Top right, three smaller skeins, a grey Romney, a black Romney Shetland and a white Portland spun with distaff and spindle. Bottom left a skein of singles dyed in shades of blue and purple lying beside a smaller skein dyed with pinks and greens, both wheel spun. Bottom right, six small breed study sample skeins, all distaff and spindle spun. The breeds are Clun Forest, Shropshire, Devon Closewool, British Milksheep, Teeswater and Dorset Down.

These are my finished skeins from #tourdefleece2025. Some were spun with distaff and spindle whilst on holiday, the rest were spun on my Schacht Matchless at home. Full details in alt text.
#handspun #handspinning #wool #handspunyarn #heritagecraft

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

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

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.

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

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

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

Oops I fell off my daily updates 😬 but my final count was 4 lbs spun! Not sure how much of a dent I actually put into my stash, but at least a small one!

#tourdefleece #tourdefleece2025 #TeamSpryWhimsy2025TdF #handspun #fiberarts #wiscofiberarts

My final spin of #tourdefleece2025 took place at Tretower Castle. I'm spinning Romney wool, using a distaff and medieval style spindle and a short suspension technique.
#distaffspinning #handspinning #Romney #wool #heritagecraft