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Candy Hearts II HandSpun Yarn

Candy Hearts II, the other skein. As with the first skein, this, too, was a fun spin. It’s just as finely spun as the first. It’s almost identical. This shot was under fluorescent light and doesn’t do it justice. A much better photograph of the actual texture and color. And, the two HUGE skeins of [...]

Handwoven Wool Hoodie

With the colder weather finally seeping in to my part of New England, I’ve been wanting to make myself something special. And, by something special, I mean something fairly elaborate. In days of old, I did a lot of clothing design and sewing, and made myself quite the unusual collection of tailored shirts. [Note to [...]

Kitty Update

Welcome to the first Pretty Kitty Update, 2012. Both Dusty an Miss Lulu are doing well with the winter weather. Well, of course they are, they’re indoor cats. But, hey, their window sills are clean and tidy and I wash their sill blankets regularly. Can you say, "Pampered kitties"? I knew that you could. (Ok, [...]

Candy Hearts HandSpun Yarn

While doing some New Year’s Day organizing I came across some undyed merino fiber. Being New Year’s Day, I decided what better way to bring in the new year than to do some dyeing for myself. In 2011, my most favorite skein of yarn was the Garden Delights yarn spun from the Garden Delights dyed [...]

Oak Lodge HandSpun Yarn Series

As 2011 was coming to a close, it seemed like a good time to begin spinning some new yarn for the new year. Up for spinning were four ounces of: hot pink, teal, steel blue-gray and a pink and violet combination. Finding the spinning process meditative, I chose to just spin everything as singles and [...]

Cabin Cove, V13.0

With the number of people accessing the internet with cell phones and other mobile devices, I’ve made the executive decision to narrow down the Cabin Cove website. So, instead of being over 1,000 pixels wide, I’ve redesigned the website to a more economical 720 pixels in width. This will allow easier viewing of the website [...]

The Oak King Helmet Hat

With the successful knitting of the Oak King Fingerless Gloves, and some left over yarn. I decided to make myself a new hat. But not just any hat. No, I wanted to re-invent The Helmet Hat. Introducing The Oak King Helmet Hat! Complete with lucet cord neck band drawstring! Check out th increase stitches in [...]

A New Year’s Resolution

It is the year 2012. It may or may not be the Final Year as we know it. (Think Mayan Calendar.) I am not one to make New Year’s Resolutions, but I have decided to make an exception this year. For the Year 2012 I have made the Grande Resolution that I will learn to [...]

HandSpinning – Year-End Review

Keeping track of my hand-spinning since January, 2008 I’ve spun 236 skeins of yarn:99,233 yards of finished yarn, 54.82 miles1,044 ounces of fiber, 61 pounds For 2011, there were a total of 42 skeins of yarn22,691 yards of finished yarn, 12.89 miles total 199.85 ounces of fiber, 12.49 pounds For 2010, there were a total [...]

Name Dropping

As 2011 draws to a close, I’ve made the decision to drop the domain names The Weaving Studio, Bostonian Living, Handweaving Today and Cabin Cove Mercantile. If you visit Cabin Cove via a link or RSS feed from any of those domain names, please note that by January 1, 2012, those links will no longer [...]

Oak King Fingerless Gloves

In November 2008, I dyed eight ounces of merino wool in shades of olive green and brown: In May 2009 I got around to spinning it into a nice three ply yarn: It was a humble, yet masculine, yarn: Yarn details:Color: Oak KingFiber Source: My own hand painted fiberFiber Content: 100% Merino WoolYardage: 585 YardsFinished [...]

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas from our home to yours! My plans for today involve baking bread, cooking a large lasagna and celebrating with loved ones. Waiting for snow. Funny is watching Dusty hide behind the Christmas tree!

Getting Organized

What once was lost has now been found. "What," you ask? My knitting mojo. It’s true. For a very long time knitting has taken a back seat to things like spinning yarn and weaving. Then, with the down turn of finances the last two years forced me to sell my long Brittany knitting needle collections. [...]

Midnight Orchid HandWoven Scarf

With the personal success of the Embers log cabin pattern scarf, I absolutely HAD to give it another go ’round with some Orchid hand dyed yarn with the remainder of the black hand dyed. As striking as the scarf was in the Jelly Beans and black, I really wanted to try it in a more [...]

Spinning Natural

To say that I’ve been spinning yarn lately would be an understatement. To say I’ve been spinning a lot of yarn would also be an understatement. To say…oh, the heck with it, I’ve been spinning QUITE a lot of yarn. I think that I really prefer spinning over any other aspect of fiber crafting. it’s [...]

Embers HandWoven Scarf

With all the spinning going on around here, I’ll be that you were wondering if I was ever going to actually make something other than yarn, right? I only say that because that’s what has been going through my own mind. Ever since I got the Suzie Pro spinning wheel, I’ve been very happy to [...]

Quest for Color…

As the short autumn comes to a rapid close, I find myself looking for color. It’s still too early to be winter, yet too late for fall. I guess its Seasonal Limbo. I suppose it’s time to appreciate the textures of nature for the lack of color. Nature’s bones, perhaps. Outside the new wing of [...]

The Miller’s Daughter HandSpun Yarn

Submitted for my Spining Finals for 2011 is something I call Gold. I was initially going to be all cutesy and call it something like The Miller’s Daughter or Rumpelstiltskin; but, hey, gold is gold, right? HandSpun Yarn Details- Color: Gold Fiber Content: 100% SuperWash Merino Wool Yardage: 340 yds. Finished Weight: 3.38 oz. WPI: [...]

Autumn in Boston 2011

It’s that time of year again in Boston: Autumn. Yes, I know, it’s December. Fall was a little late this year. It actually happened in my world in around two weeks total. One day, everything was lush and green, and 10 days later, all the leaves were on the ground. Weird, that’s all I can [...]

Black Merino HandSpun on Post 1,500

Wait. What’s this? How is this possible? Is it really the end of November? The end of November 2011? WTF? WHERE is time going so quickly? Father Time got a date or something??? Whoa. And, on another note, this is the fifteen hundredth post (ONE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED!!!) on the Cabin Cove website. How is [...]

Rockport Reflections Handknit Scarf

Knitting content! I know, you could scrape yourself up off the floor, right? This is the second knitting project this year. I, too, am shocked. The silk and merino fiber was dyed at the end of last year, spun it up and had the skein on the shelf on my desk since it was plyed. [...]

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