We’ve been busy all weekend at the TNNA trade show, getting Handknit Heroes into the hands of retailers, designers, teachers, and the press. The response has been overwhelmingly positive– everyone loves the pattern, the story, and most of all, the concept behind it. After all, it’s one we’re all familiar with: knitters save the world!

More wonderfully, we have had some terrific ideas floating around our booth all weekend long, so look for some very exciting developments starting with Issue #2!

Subscriptions and retail orders are shipping this week, starting on Tuesday. We ship orders and subscriptions every day, so if you subscribe on Thursday, your copy will be in the mail by Friday.

Our Shop Listing page will go live tomorrow, so you’ll know where to find Issue #1 locally.

I’ll be in Los Angeles next week, and a couple of the shops have invited me to come by for some mini launch parties. Stay tuned– we’ll post details on Wednesday.

Also, we have some fun, awesome sightings of Handknit Heroes in the wild this weekend:

Danido’s blog For the Bright at Heart did a great videoblog on Youtube on Saturday, where they talked about their shop’s sneak peek copy of Handknit Heroes! Thanks for the great review! I tend to agree on the “more knitting, please” critique, but I think you’ll all be very pleased with the opening panels of Issue #2.

Erssie gave us a shout out this week– thanks again, Erssie!

Also, completely unrelated to Handknit Heroes, but completely awesome, is Mark Newport’s comic book fiber arts on installation at Greg Kucera Gallery in Seattle.

Have you spotted Handknit Heroes in the wild, at your local yarn shop, or on a blog, magazine, or podcast? Send us a link for a shout-out!