Jaxon's Marathon Sweater

For those of you who know me, you know that I am an avid knitter and love to make things for my family and friends.

Over the past nine months, I've attempted to finish my very first sweater project - a sweater for Jaxon. Complete with cute roll neck and wrist bands. My sister-in-law, Jamie says it looks very "J-Crew".

So anyway, I chose this pattern that does not require me to sew any pieces together and is very simple to knit up. My mom had made Jaxon this same sweater but in a smaller size and different colored yarn. However, she made his in a few weeks. I envy those people that lack small children in their lives so they can spend time on their hobbies. Not, that I would give Jaxon up for the world, it would just be nice to have more time to knit. :)

After picking up the project and knitting a few rows and putting it back down again and doing this many times, I finally finished!! Yeah!!! Above is a picture of him in the completed get-up. He was less than thrilled to put on a sweater in 100+ degree heat (the A/C was on in the house mind you) and even less thrilled that I was doing it while he was eating string cheese. So, it was a short lived event but it fits him and is even a little big. This is a plus since he can grow some this winter and I won't have to make any alterations to it anytime soon.

Michelle and Tenley, if you are reading this....Ten's sweater is next on the list and I DO NOT intend for it to take 9 months!