By Tara, on June 30th, 2008% I had to skip the Farmer’s Market last week, since I was IN my best friend’s wedding, but the week before that I actually went to 2 local farmer’s markets. The new Jonesborough market is still small, but all of the produce (of which there was very little by 10:30 am) was local. My favorite local chocolatier was there (Earth and Sky Creations)- and we bought a chocolate for each of us. On the car ride home they both got melty and so we were at a rush when we stopped by the JC market. So rushed, in fact, that I left my camera in the car and it wasn’t until the last minute that I grabbed it and shot the brightest thing I found:
While I was out of town for the wedding, I thought about these flowers, so bright amongst the green leaves. I decide to finally . . . → Read More: Farmer’s Market Project #2
By Tara, on June 15th, 2008% Last week, at the Johnson City Farmer’s Market, I was struggling to find some yarn-worthy inspiration. We had slept late and most of the fresh veggies were gone. While the goat cheese was delicious, I didn’t think white slabs of creamy goodness were going to translate into an interesting yarn. Just as we were leaving, I caught site of these white stalks, which reminded me of Soy fiber (I don’t know why; everything reminds me of some fiber!)
I was thinking of that pale green when I dyed the fiber and those spiky stalks on the round one (what is that?) inspired the way I spun it.
I’m not entirely happy with how the color came out, I was going for something a bit more green, but this ended up in the blue-green range. A little of the natural cream of the soy fiber still shows through, like . . . → Read More: Farmer’s Market Project #2
By Tara, on June 9th, 2008% Last week,while strolling through the very lively Abingdon Farmer’s Market, I slyly snapped this photo of a pepper plants and begonias, while my husband bought some peppers.
Throughout the week, I thought about the photo and what aspects I wanted to caputure in the yarn. I was most struck by the variety of greens and the interplay between the shot of red with the rest of the photo. It took me a few days, but on Thursday I pulled out some gray streaked mill-ends wool and a local wool/alpaca/mohair blend from Hobby Knob Farm. I put both fibers into a dyepot with a medium green. As the temperature rose, I sprinkled in a few more greens (dye will “strike” the fiber quicker when it’s already heated, so you can get patches of distinct colors while kettle dyeing).
The resulting fiber was dried outside in the sunshine and spun . . . → Read More: Farmer’s Market Project #1
By Tara, on June 7th, 2008% Romaine Lettuce, taken at the Johnson City Farmer’s Market
The Farmer’s Market Project is a self-challenge: each week I’ll take one picture at the Farmer’s Market and will post it here. During the next week I’ll dye and/or spin a yarn inspired by that picture and will list the yarn the very next weekend.
Tomorrow I’ll be posting the yarn inspired by last week’s photo.
By Tara, on May 31st, 2008% Every Saturday, if the sun is shining, my husband and I (and sometimes the pup) visit a Farmer’s Market. We get most of our vegetables, bread and eggs from the local farmers. I also recieve something a little less tangible – inspiration, a sense of community and deep gratitude for this excellent resource. In the past, I’ve created yarns inspired by nature, but I wanted to work on something a bit more immediate, more grounded in the present.Thus, my Farmer’s Market Project: each week I’ll take one picture at the Farmer’s Market and will post it. During the next week I’ll dye and/or spin a yarn inspired by that picture and will list the yarn the very next weekend. This will force me to execute my plan quickly and spontaneously and I hope to photograph the yarn in it’s “natural habitat”, at the next week’s market!
This week’s picture was . . . → Read More: New Project – Farmer’s Market
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