Guest Steven Be

Guest StevenBe warmed up the visitors chair on the Yarn Thing podcast with Marly Bird, now that everyone is back from hiatus.

Steven Berg is a whirlwind of color and texture and every encounter with him will leave you irrevocably changed–awed, inspired, and ready to tackle a new challenge. Steven’s adventurous and fashion-filled life has taken him around the world and back home to Minneapolis where he holds court in his 6,000 square foot firehouse-turned-fiberhouse, StevenBe.

Steven’s fiber career began knitting at 4 or 5 years old, continued through high school, worked very hard to get into design school, he wanted to be a fashion designer. After school in Minneapolis, he spent time in Manhattan in the creative pop culture scene, and also back in Minnesota working in men’s clothing. After working in the industry for 25 years, he came home to Wisconsin where his mother owned a shop (since 1971), she told her dear son, ‘Your inheritance comes in bags of ten, go sell yarn’ so that is what he did. His work with ‘found resources’, unusual materials like the tape from cassettes, telephone cord, 8mm film. ‘Let no continuous strand remain unknit’, he says, and backs it up with eclectic fun. His goal to make ‘The StevenBe Way’ transitive verb meaning to take something further than it was intended to go into the the Urban Dictionary. His booths at the knitting events, Marly says, are the ultimate ‘StevenBe Experience’.

Because of that unique sense of play he puts together, he’s been asked lend his magic to Stitches Midwest in support of Halos of Hope, with contest that is BeYond. Open for a year, contestants are invited to submit CRAZY HATS. Lately, StevenBe has been creating fun with pompoms, fringe, tassels, ALWAYS with glitter, at the event will be added other elements! The goal is to raise money for hats to be shipped to the various cancer centers around the country.  There is more information at THIS LINK (takes you to Halos of Hope’s Website). Participating are Universal Yarns, Purl Soho, Three Irish Girls, Draw Four in launching this event.

StevenBe has a website: www.stevenbe.com Also Check out StevenBe.TV where the motto is: All the class and twice the sass for your viewing pleasure! His shop StevenBe, is a converted firehouse in downtown Minneapolis. If you happen to be in the area, the shop address and hours are listed here. Also, follow the Steven and Stephen (the dynamic duo of StevenBe and Stephen West of Westknits) can be followed in Facebook.

If you missed getting to hear this episode of the Yarn Thing podcast, it is still available as an archived episode where it aired originally: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/yarnthing/2016/07/28/guest-steven-be or in your favorite podcast catcher like iTunes or Stitcher Radio.