It's done!!!

I've been taking a knitting class for almost a year now.  I've made a little square for a blanket our class was putting together but I hadn't finished a project until last week.  I decided to go big and knit S a sweater.  It took me a while, almost a year, but I finished it!  There was a slight problem at the end.  You see, I'm cheap, yes, cheap.  And the pattern called for a size 4 straight needles and a size 4 circular, or needles hooked together.  I was like "why buy two when I can just buy one needle?"  So I went on my way with the circular needle.  All was good until I got to the very last inch and a half which I needed to 'knit in the round" with the circular needle.  I then realized that I got the wrong size of needle.  I got a size 4 but I got a 29 inch and I needed a 16 inch.  See if you can see a difference....

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So I had to look all over for this needled.  I went to 3 different stores and called 2 more.  I ended up having to go to a knitting store to get it and it cost twice as much as the first needle.  So much for being cheap! :)  Anyway, here's a picture.  It's cute if I do say so myself...

So as cute as the sweater is by itself, it's not so on my little guy.  My son is the cutest little guy out there and the sweater is cute so you think that would be a great combo but it's just not his color.  And I followed the pattern but it's way too short!  When he lifted his hands just a little you could see his belly!  Not good.  So, here's a collage of pictures I took(thanks Jami for telling me how to do this!).  Let me know what you think...

So basically at the end of the day we both felt like this....

Side note:  You know you you are a mother of a toddler/preschooler when you are taking a shower and suddenly realize that you have been singing the "ABC" song in your head the whole time.