I've Lost You

Oh how quiet our little house is...  Pup is sleeping in her chair; something she hasn't done in about a week.  She'll wake up just to pout because her buddy isn't here.  This will go on for about 3 days.  All night, Gus will ask about B, V & Ava.  And I'll be bored. 

Maybe I'll get out of my funk with a little Show & Tell.

Yep, that's TBA's BSJ!  I have about 7 more rows until I have to wrangle it into an actual sweater.  I ran out of yarn the first night that Ava came to visit, so it's been crumpled in a corner.  The BSJ is one of those knits that I'm unsure if I really love it, but I felt guilted into making one.   I felt like it was a knit that every knitter had to pull off their needles at least once.  I started knitting before Gus & I started getting into blogs during the pregnancy.  This is where I discovered EZ's methods.  After making the Totem for Gus, garter stitch got into my veins.  The BSJ was an obvious first sweater for TBA.  I bought the yarn prior to the big Sex Reveal (I'll post that later), & I love it!  After a rocky start, this project has been a home-run.  I'm hoping to finish up this weekend.

So let's talk about the contest.  Thank you for everyone's favorite childhood books.  They brought back so many memories.  Who doesn't love Beverly Clearly?  All the Frances' books, come on!?  Oh & Good Night Moon, I cry at the end of that book each time I read it to Gu!.   Drum-roll, please.

Mandy, email us your address & Ava will ship you a TwoBlackSheep gift!

I have a bunch of info & new projects to share in the next couple of days, but I've got to clean this house & do some actual work.
-Lola

Comments

[SecretSockPal]

I just started my own BSJ myself out of some stash yarn I've had around for about two years now. Originally meant to be a sweater for my little guy, now it'll be a BSJ for him. So far it's pretty much okay - I'm only around row 35 or something but still I like the whole garter stitch thing and adore the fact that I can watch DVDs of Deadwood Season 2 while knitting this and not screw it up!!!!

[sappmama]

I know what you mean about the BSJ. I kinda like it. Kinda don't. But sure do plan to make one some day. To me, it lives or dies by yarn choice and I think yours is realllly good.

The Frances series = pure love. So nice to find a fellow reader. I will not lie and act like I didn't want to win that contest, though!

[Kirsten]

All of this talk about children's books makes me long for the days when my kids were little. Every night they would choose a stack for me to read to them. DD#1 loved her books so much she slept with a bed full of them. She still loves books, now though, they are piled on the table and floor next to her bed.