Marin Fiber Arts

We made it through Set Up (Weds and Thurs) and the Market Preview (Thursday 5-8 pm) in one piece! Set up went fairly well considering it was our first time. I was working with booth fixtures I was unfamiliar with – grid wall borrowed from a friend. But it all came together smoothly in the end.

The real challenge was finding room for all the yarn! As several people told me beforehand, a 10 foot x 10 foot booth is small, even if it’s a corner booth like mine. We ended up with a lot of yarn to spare, but we did manage to get every single color of every single yarn represented in the booth! The “back stock” is hiding behind the gridwall or hiding in someone’s car.

One minor gaffe – not enough room to display patterns. Some patterns were totally forgotten about, left in the truck. Oh well, tomorrow will be better!

We did a decent amount of business during the preview which lasted only three hours, considering that we are new to Stitches. People tend to go straight towards their favorite vendors first, make their must-have purchases, then slowly tour the rest of the market floor, many taking notes of what they like. Many people took notes in our booth… a good sign, hopefully!

It was great connecting with customers I haven’t seen in a long time, and with yarn industry people as well. More on that tomorrow – and I’ll hopefully post a picture or two of my booth!

Good night for now,

Warren