Denise Daniel

Norfolk Horn wool spun at 25 wpi on an Electric Eel Wheel 6.0.

Norfolk Horn wool 3 ply yarn laying on a table with a penny for scale.

Norfolk Horn wool 3 ply yarn wound in a skein laying on a table.

I finished spinning the second half of Norfolk Horn, Sample 93, at 25wpi for the singles and chain plied them to get a 3 ply, DK weight, 11 wpi yarn, 70 yards to 1.5 ounces.

#handspinning #BreedandFiberStudy #handspun #handspinners #NorfolkHornWool #yarn #🧶

Norfolk Horn wool singles spun at 20 wpi on Electric Eel Wheel 6.0

Norfolk Horn wool 2 ply yarn on a table with a penny for scale.

Norfolk Horn 2 ply wool yarn wound into a skein on a table.

Yesterday, I started spinning the first half of the Norfolk Horn wool, Sample 93, at 20 wpi. Tonight I finished spinning the singles and plied them to get a 2 ply, DK weight, 11 wpi yarn, 69 yards to 1.5 ounces.

#handspinning #BreedandFiberStudy #handspun #handspinners #NorfolkHornWool #🧶 #yarn

Portland wool singles spun at 25 wpi on an Electric Eel Wheel 6.0

Portland wool spun into a 3 ply, chain plied, sport weight yarn.

Portland wool spun into sport weight, 3 ply yarn, chain plied, wound into skein laying on a table.

I finished spinning the second half of the Portland wool, Sample 92, at 25 wpi and chain plied it to get a 3 ply, sport weight, 12 wpi yarn, 77 yards to 1.75 ounces.

#handspinning #BreedandFiberStudy #handspun #handspinners #PortlandWool #🧶 #yarn

Dude, I spin the yarn too.

Kensington Tote Bag, crocheted in white and green, laying on a table.

Day 4 and 5 of Knitting Olympics, loosely defined: I finished a Kensington Tote bag as my first Tunisian crochet project. Still needs to be blocked.

#2026FiberIntentions #KensingtonToteBag #KnittingOlympics #TunisianCrochet #yarn #🧶

A swatch of Tunisian Simple Stitch in blue yarn

Portland sheep wool 2 ply yarn laying on a table with a penny for scale.

Portland sheep wool 2 ply yarn wound into skein, laying on a table.

Day 1 and 2 of the Knitting Olympics: I finished the first half of Sample 92, Portland sheep, 104 yards of 2 ply, fingering weight yarn, 1.75 oz. I started learning Tunisian crochet and did a swatch of Tunisian Simple Stitch.

#handspinning #BreedandFiberStudy #handspun #yarn #🧶 #TunisianCrochet

Two Tea House Mug Rugs in blue and white.

A Scarab Plant Holder with white as a background color and a multicolored rainbow yarn for the Scarab. This picture shows 2 of the 4 Scarab repeats on the plant holder.

A Scarab Plant Holder with white as a background color and a multicolored rainbow yarn for the Scarab.

Day 34 and 35 of the Stashdown Challenge: As part of my 2026 Fiber Intentions, I'm learning mosaic crochet. I did a second Tea House Mug Rug, and a Scarab Plant Holder to learn mosaic crochet in the round.

#2026FiberIntentions #TeaHouseMugRugs #MosaicCrochet #ScarabPlantHolder #🧶 #yarn #crochet

No, I'll go check it out, thanks!

Picture of completed Tea House Mug Rug with picture of the pattern. The Rug was crocheted in blue and white.

Day 33 of the Stashdown Challenge: As part of my 2026 Fiber Intentions, I'm learning mosaic crochet. This is a Tea House Mug Rug (aka a coaster), but instead of weaving in the ends and adding fringe, I left the ends and knotted them as fringe instead.

#MosaicCrochet #Crochet #🧶 #yarn

A ball of Portland roving on a table.

Portland wool roving being spun into 25 wpi singles on an Electric Eel Wheel 6.0

A mosaic crochet swatch in white and blue in geometric shapes

Day 31 to 32 of the Stashdown Challenge: Yesterday, I started spinning the singles of Sample 92, Portland sheep wool for my breed and fiber study, and today, I worked on learning mosaic crochet during knit group.

#handspinning #BreedandFiberStudy #handspun #PortlandWool #MosaicCrochet #yarn #🧶

Kerry Hill wool spun at 20 wpi on an Electric Eel Wheel 6.0

Kerry Hill wool yarn, 3 ply worsted weight, laying on a table with a penny for scale.

Kerry Hill wool, 3 ply worsted weight yarn, wound in a skein, laying on a table.

Days 27 through 30 of the Stashdown Challenge: I finished spinning the second half of the sample of Kerry Hill wool at 20 wpi and chain plied it to get a 3 ply, worsted weight 9 wpi yarn, 45 yards to 1.75 ounces.

#handspinning #BreedandFiberStudy #handspun #handspinners #KerryHillWool

Lune Shawl, knit with purple yarn and clear silver crystal beads, around a mannequin head on a table.

Lune Shawl, knit with purple yarn and clear silver crystal beads, around a mannequin head on a table.

Lune Shawl, knit with purple yarn and clear silver crystal beads, laid in on a table in half.

Lune Shawl, knit with purple yarn and clear silver crystal beads folded in quarters on the table.

Day 25 of our Stashdown Challenge: I finished the Lune Shawl. I still need to wash and block it, though, so these aren't the best pics.

#knittersofig #knitting #knit #knitlife #LuneShawl #yarn #🧶

Kerry Hill wool roving

2 ply Kerry Hill Wool yarn on an Electric Eel Wheel 6.0

2 ply Kerry Hill wool yarn laying on a table with a penny for scale.

2 ply Kerry Hill wool yarn wound in a skein laying on a table

Days 24 of the Stashdown Challenge: I finished spinning the first half of the sample of Kerry Hill wool at 20 wpi and plied it from a center pull ball to get a 2 ply, sport weight 12 wpi yarn, 82 yards to 1.75 ounces.

#handspinning #BreedandFiberStudy #handspun #handspinners #KerryHillWool

Shropshire wool singles spun on an Electric Eel Wheel 6.0 at 30 wpi

Shropshire 3 ply yarn laying on a table with a penny for scale

Shropshire wool yarn, fingering weight 14 wpi, wound in a skein on a table.

Days 20 to 23 of the Stashdown Challenge: I finished spinning the second sample of Shropshire wool at 30 wpi and chain plied it to get a 3 ply, fingering weight 14 wpi yarn, 90 yards to 1.75 ounces.

#handspinning #BreedandFiberStudy #handspun #handspinners #ShropshireWool

Lune Shawl being knit with clear silver crystal beads and purple yarn.

Day 18 of our Stashdown Challenge: I worked on the Lune Shawl at knitting. You can see the bead trim on the neck edge starting to form.

#knitters #knitting #knit #knitlife #LuneShawl #yarn #🧶 #knitsky

Lune Shawl being knit in purple and clear silver crystal beads.

Shropshire wool singles being spun on an Electric Eel Wheel 6.0 at 30 wpi

Day 17 of our Stashdown Challenge: I worked on the Lune shawl kit, and I worked on spinning the singles of the second half of the Shropshire wool, sample 90B, at 30 wpi.

#knitters #knitting #knitsky #handspinning #LuneShawl #ShropshireWool #yarn #🧶 #spinsky #handspun

2 rows (cast on with beads and Row 1) of the Lume Shawl with purple yarn and clear silver crystal beads.

Day 16 of our Stashdown Challenge: I did the cast on row and the first row of the Lume shawl kit.

#knitters #knitting #knit #knitlife #LumeShawl #knitsky #yarn #🧶

Cake of purple yarn threaded with 2100+ beads sitting on the pattern with a picture of the Lume Shawl.

Day 15 of our Stashdown Challenge: I threaded 2100+ beads on the yarn for the Lume shawl kit that I bought from @beadbiz at The Fiber Fest of New England this past November.

#knitters #knitting #knit #knitlife #LumeShawl #yarn #🧶 #knitsky

2 ply Shropshire yarn on an Electric Eel Wheel 6.0.

2 ply Shropshire yarn laying on a table with a penny for scale

2 ply Shropshire yarn wound into a skein laying on a table.

Day 14 of our Stashdown Challenge: I plied the singles of the first half of the Shropshire wool, sample 90A, from a center pull ball to get a 2 ply, sport weight yarn at 12 wpi, 73 yards to 1.75 ounces.

#handspinning #BreedandFiberStudy #handspun #handspinners #ShropshireWool #🧶 #yarn #spinsky

Shropshire wool singles spun ar 20 wpi on a custom painted Electric Eel Wheel 6.0

Day 13 of our Stashdown Challenge: I finished spinning the singles of the first half of the Shropshire wool, sample 90A, at 20 wpi.

#handspinning #BreedandFiberStudy #handspun #handspinners #ShropshireWool #yarn #🧶

Completed Depth cowl in Neon Lights (black and rainbow colors) with the rainbow assigned pooling in the middle.

Completed Depth cowl in Neon Lights (black and rainbow colors) with assigned pooling in the arranged so the pooling is on the edges.

Day 12 of our Stashdown Challenge: finished knitting the Depth cowl and grafted the ends together. You can fold the tube differently to change how the pooling works.

#knitters #knitting #knit #knitlife #DepthCowl #yarn #🧶 #knitsky

Depth Cowl in the process of being knit. Yarn has assigned pooling so there's a rainbows knit vertically in a tube between 2 sections of black.

Shropshire wool singles being spun at 20 wpi on a custom painted Electric Eel Wheel 6.0

Day 11 of our Stashdown Challenge: I started spinning the singles of the first half of the Shropshire wool, sample 90A, at 20 wpi, and I worked on the Depth Cowl.

#handspinning #BreedandFiberStudy #knitting #OxfordDownWool #DepthCowl #yarn #🧶 #handspun #knitting

Oxford Down singles spun at 30 wpi on an Electric Eel Wheel 6.0.

Oxford Down singles chain plied on an Electric Eel Wheel 6.0.

Oxford Down 3 ply, fingering weight yarn at 14 wpi laying on a table with a penny for scale.

Oxford Down yarn wound into a skein, laying on a table.

Day 9 and 10 of our Stashdown Challenge: I finished spinning the singles of 2nd half of the Oxford Down wool, Sample 89B, at 30 wpi, and chain plied them for a 3 ply, fingering yarn at 14 wpi, about 85 yards to 1.75 ounces.

#handspinning #BreedandFiberStudy #handspun #handspinners #OxfordDownWool

Complete needle felted picture of Loon swimming in front of weeds.

Day 7 of the Stashdown Challenge: I finished the Loon Tapestry felting kit. I also ordered a frame for it.

#TheFeltingStudio
#needlefelting #LoonTapestry #needlefelters #yarn #🧶

Needle felted picture of a loon swimming in front of weeds, almost complete except for outlining.

Day 6 of the Stashdown Challenge: I worked on the Loon Tapestry felting kit, finished the water, the frame, and started outlining.

#TheFeltingStudio
#needlefelting #LoonTapestry #needlefelters #yarn #🧶 #wool

Crochet chain beaded necklace with blue black oblong pearls with purple cord and purple crystals, with a picture of the pattern pictures.

I bought this kit, but the cord was too big to thread the beads, so I ordered some smaller cord finally so I could make it. I thought I bought it only a few years ago, but it was 2017. The cord came today, and I made it tonight.

#crochet #PearlandCrystalNecklace #StashdownChallenge #beadedcrochet

Loon swimming on in front of weeds. Weeds, Loon, and part of the water completed, with the exception of the outlining

Oxford Down wool being spun on a custom painted Electric Eel Wheel 6.0 at 30 wpi.

Day 4 of the Stashdown Challenge: I worked on the Loon Tapestry kit from The Felting Studio a bit more, and started spinning the second half of Sample 89, Oxford Down wool, at 30 wpi.

#TheFeltingStudio #needlefelting #handspinning #BreedandFiberStudy #OxfordDownWool #yarn #🧶 #handspun

Picture of a Loon swimming in front of weeds. Weeds and half of Loon needle felted, but not outlined.

Day 3 of the Stashdown Challenge, Part 2: I worked on the Loon Tapestry felting kit from The Felting Studio for a bit. Needle felting white on top of a white background is hilarious.

#TheFeltingStudio
#needlefelting #LoonTapestry #needlefelters #🧶

Singles spun at 25 wpi on an Electric Eel Wheel 6.0

Yarn after plying laying on a table.

Yarn wound into a skein laying on a table.

Day 3 of our Stashdown Challenge: I finished spinning sample 89A of my breed study, Oxford Down wool. I spun the singles at 25 wpi and plyed them from a center pull ball to get a 2 ply sport yarn, 12 wpi, 103 yards.

#handspinning #BreedandFiberStudy #handspun #handspinners #OxfordDownWool #yarn #🧶

Oxford Down wool roving on a table.

Oxford Down wool spun at 25 wpi on a custom painted Electric Eel Wheel 6.0

Day 2 of our Stashdown Challenge: I started spinning sample 89 of my breed and fiber study, Oxford Down sheep wool.

#handspinning #BreedandFiberStudy #handspun #handspinners #OxfordDownWool #yarn #🧶