Handmade Portraits: MV Knits

Posted by admin on April 3rd, 2010 and filed under portraits | 25 Comments »

Read the full article on Etsy’s blog. http://www.etsy.com/storque/article/2134/

This video was featured on YouTube!

After quitting her day job in Los Angeles and moving to Martha’s Vineyard, a quiet island off the Massachusetts coast, Susan Gibbs aka MVKnits had a great idea. She started Martha’s Vineyard Fiber Farm and figured out how to make a living making yarn. Why not use the local food movement’s model of Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) and apply it to a yarn harvest? Shareholders pay for a share in the yarn harvest as a way to support a local farm (or in this case, a local farm supported through the internet) and in return they get weekly updates, photos from the farm, an invitation to the shearing and ultimately a share of the yarn.
Etsian Tara Young aka weirdwolf headed to Martha’s Vineyard to visit Susan Gibbs and her fiber farm. Music by Barry London and Charlie Parr.

Check out the Handmade Portrait video playlist:
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=D5F437BACC0EDCD3

Duration : 0:6:32


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25 Responses

  1. ophy4 Says:

    i want to be you.
    i want to be you.

  2. hbaynham Says:

    Hey, what an …
    Hey, what an idyllic life you lead.
    One day I may do the same….Bliss.

  3. artemisfair Says:

    Eep. Good video but …
    Eep. Good video but next time can you warn us when there’s going to be a live birth in a vid? lol

  4. tinkkiou Says:

    Damn they are cute!
    they are cute!

  5. bluebirdsandblossoms Says:

    Very inspiring. …
    Very inspiring. Looks like a beautiful place!

  6. gsteinmon Says:

    Awesome video… I …
    Awesome video… I love the birthing of sheep

  7. cacdl1 Says:

    This was amazing! …
    This was amazing! You look so happy and enthusiastic. Im proud of you..Cyndi

  8. dinajill Says:

    Love this video – …
    Love this video – can’t get enough footage of the sheep and goats. Really looking forward to my yarn share! (dinajill)

  9. shazzbazz Says:

    Inspiring indeed, I …
    Inspiring indeed, I wish you all the best!

    Thanks

  10. GEERUP Says:

    thumbs up I this …
    thumbs up I this video is VERY INSPIRING
    THANK YOU

  11. silencethestorm Says:

    Amazing! You are an …
    Amazing! You are an inspiration!

  12. GEERUP Says:

    sablechicken will …
    sablechicken will love this :)

  13. waxywaxy245 Says:

    everyone watch ” …
    everyone watch “jamie eharmony” its HILARIOUS!! be sure to comment!!

  14. MacsTuts Says:

    Wo nice vid, and …
    Wo nice vid, and nice courage for that girl.

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  19. dnHooligan Says:

    why was that sheep …
    why was that sheep bleedin out the nose @ 1:11?

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  21. leogaocn Says:

    Cool, good for you!
    Cool, good for you!

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  23. nanogirl Says:

    very inovative idea …
    very inovative idea! great work.

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  25. motelsale Says:

    Very nice video…. …
    Very nice video….. Cool subject matter

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