GnomeAcres: Be Kind, Rewind (Episode #5) from GnomeAcres on Vimeo.

Show Notes:
- Donate your unwanted yarn to the Hat-A-Day Challenge.
- Done something nice for someone lately? Enter to win an Avengers mini skein bundle.

July Knitalong Pre-Order:

- Monday, May 21st at 9am & 9pm CST.
- Fingering sock & worsted weight will be available in either “Froggy Monkey” or “Knitabulls Franklin” colorways. Can use any pattern for the Knitalong, but it has to be in one of these two colorways.
- Yarn will begin shipping in early to mid-June.

Shop Update:
- More “Froggy Monkey” and “Knitabulls Franklin” SAL fibers will be available. All are made and ready to ship. First come, first serve.
- Bertie Bott’s fiber and sock yarn back in stock.
- New colorway, Punky Gnomester.

GnomeAcres: Avengers in Yarn! (Episode #4) from GnomeAcres on Vimeo.

Show Notes:
- Supporting handmade.

- New Avengers inspired yarn colorways. (NOTE: Offer mentioned in podcast is only good while supplies last.)
- New Ron Weasley colorway.

- July Knitalong (KAL) with Knitabulls & Knitting in Circles podcasts.
- Yarn pre-orders on May 21st, 9am & 9pm CST.

Enabling…
- Music City Suds
- Lo-Lo by Bar-Maids

GnomeAcres: May the Fourth be with Ewe! from GnomeAcres on Vimeo.

Yup, that pretty much describes today…and this entire week for that matter.

I have a BIG announcement. I will be a guest speaker at Geek Girl Con 2012 in Seattle, WA on August 11 & 12. I will be sitting in on the “Art in Business” panel. I am SUPER excited about this! As in, if you have new carpet, you probably don’t want me around it right now.

The exact date and time of the panel has yet to be set, but I will be sure to let everyone know the details as it gets closer to August.

I came up with a new colorway called, “Hulk Smash”. This is a colorway I’ve really been wanting to produce for a while now, but haven’t had a chance to. I was waiting to find the right shade of green and purple.

Here’s my favorite part about this colorway. I contacted a friend of mine that can draw comic book characters faster than I can eat bacon…and I wuv bacon. I gave him a brief overview of what I was looking for, and here is what he came up with.

Isn’t this awesome?! I am always in awe of his mad drawing skills.

But, the comic wasn’t quite ready for prime time yet. I gave the black & white comic above to Hubby Gnome, who is also a crazy good illustrator and comic book enthusiast. He put the final finishing touches on it.

I love my husband for many, many reasons…one of them is definitely because of what he did with this comic.

I will have 12 “Hulk Smash” samples and 4 full size skeins available to purchase in my shop for Thursday morning’s update. Each sample and full size skein will get a copy of the above comic.