Knit & Crochet Show and Steven's KARE 11 appearance

A week has gone by since the Knit and Crochet Show and I am FINALLY sitting down to tell you all about it!  What a weekend!  Everyone worked so hard and Steven and I were so proud of our team!  The shops wowed the attendees who were brave enough to venture out to Rosemount and South Minneapolis.  We made new best friends from all over the country! 

We were very proud of our booths - we had fun transforming them from trade show boring to StevenBe fabulous.

This was our set up for the KARE 11 interview.  If you were up at 5:45am Friday, August 29th and you were watching KARE 11 you saw Steven discuss his vision for knitting and crocheting.

We had to get up at 3:30am to get ready for the shoot.  It takes allot of work to be fabulous!  Steven is WAY more fabulous than myself!

Jeremy is hmmm.....cute...in a crocheted tam.  He is going to KILL me for posting that picture!  Love your face, Jeremy!

Here is Dave from KARE 11 prepping for the interview.

Here is Dave knitting!  Yes, we got him knitting.  We are waiting for the clip of the interview, so watch for that to be posted soon!  After the interview, the vendor market opened to the public. We had fun meeting everyone from MN and from all around the country.  The show ended at 6pm and then Steven and I attended the dinner and fashion show.  Steven hosted the fashion show with Lily Chin.  She is something else, let me tell you!  It was VERY entertaining having them host together.  Here Steven and I are catching a nap in between the show and dinner.  We were TIRED!

 Thank you to everyone that came out to support us!  We hope you had as much fun as we did!  Thank you to all the authors who had book signings at our booth - Gwen Bortner, Edie Eckman, Pauline Turner, Tove Fevang , and Maire Treanor!  It was great to meet all of you and we hope to have you at our shop again soon!  A HUGE thank you to all our staff that helped make the weekend possible!  THANK YOU AND GOOD NIGHT!

Irish Lace Crochet w/ Maire Treanor & Knit & Crochet Show 2011!!

The first week of August, historian, author and Irish crochet expert Maire Treanor will host two events that bring to life the intricacies of Irish crochet. Treanor, who lives in Clones, Ireland, will travel to Minnesota to share her 22 years of Clone Lace experience and research.  This is the same kind of lacework that you saw on Kate Middleton's wedding dress.  She has been hanging out at the shops and she has been using some of the new exclusive Three Irish Girls yarn to make necklaces that are too sweet!

Local knit celebrity Annie Modesitt rounds out the week for those knitters who dabble in lace or want to get started. Annie was a big hit here in the spring. Her salon class will be one not to miss.

Click HERE for the complete schedule and interactive registration form. Call, Jeremy, at StevenBe (612-259-7524) if you need help with registration or additional info on any of these exclusive classes!

We are super excited about the Knit and Crochet Show 2011 at the Hyatt Regency in Minneapolis!  We have the market preview tonight and then tomorrow we are open to the public for three days!  Only here can you find the before and after pictures of our booth!

I am not sure Jer knows I took this picture of his backside......nobody tell him!

Look at that mess!  Check back to see the finished product!  Better yet, come visit the booth at the Hyatt!

Steven is being interviewed tomorrow morning on KARE 11 news.  They are doing the interview at 5AM.  No, that is NOT a typo.  FIVE AM!  Hopefully, we can get a link to the interview, but watch for him on the news sometime tomorrow morning!

One more thing.......we received a trunk show from Three Irish Girls that includes their new summer yarns and one of a kind colorways.  ONE OF A KIND, people.  Stop by the booth or StevenBe to see the fabulousness!