Stitches East is this weekend in Hartford, Connecticut! Handknit Heroes will be there, sharing a booth with Knit Princess. Stephanie will be selling and signing comic books, so if you’re in the area, come by and say hi! If you’re local, bring your comics to sign; I’m always happy to do so!

The new subscriber discount in our online store has been extended to December 1st.

England was marvelous and lovely and… full of germs. I came home and promptly spent the next week laying in various hotel rooms hoping to recover from the stomach flu. It was so bad, I missed Rhinebeck. How sad is that? I even drove past it, because I was on my way to New Haven, Connecticut, but I had to just wave at everyone in their nice knitted sweaters and keep going. I felt terrible, and not just because I was sick.

I also left two of my handknitted socks (from different pairs) in England, but fortunately a friend of mine found them and will send them along, so they’re not lost forever. But if you knit socks, you know the trauma of working 8+ hours a day in commercially-made socks when you had planned to have beautiful hand-made ones that would perfectly fit your feet instead. And being sick, I’ve been completely unmotivated to knit on the 2 pairs I brought with me to work on. In fact, for all the knitterlyness of this trip, I’ve bought a lot of yarn (of course), but have only crocheted a pair of slippers, a pair of mittens (which I’m not fond of and will probably frog), and half of a hat.

The good news is, I’m doing a lot better now and am back at work. Marc and I worked on something neat and fun while I was in London. I can’t talk too much about it, but it was a different direction for Handknit Heroes, one which I hope will be entertaining, at least, and very kid-appropriate.

Oh, and that picture is us, Marc and Stephanie, the Handknit Heroes team. The picture is blurry, though. It’s one of the last photos on my camera before it broke on Sunday (everything broke on this trip). The last photo on the camera was this one:

Yes, unmasked, our faces literally break cameras. I guess we have super-powers after all!

Shout Outs

We were covered in the English press fairly heavily, so I’ll post the roundups here:

SFX gave us a great review.

Tom Watson, a member of parliament, also likes the comic.

Bleeding Cool is ready to jump on the bandwagon!

And Anglo Celt, Irvine Times, and a rather large family of outlets ran a story on the 6th…. but I can’t find it now (404 Not Found)! Geek Chic, if you have a permalink, send it in, please!

Finally, It Came from Darkmoor included a shout-out to the comic book– thanks, guys! Sorry we missed you on your second time around the comic show floor!

Remember, if you’re looking for Handknit Heroes in your local shops, we have a store locator on our website. If you’re from England and trying to find this lovely comic book, try I Knit London (Waterloo, London), or Yarn Over (Eastbourne, East Sussex).