This past month has been stupidly hot. And I don’t like hot. I lie around on the couch moaning to anyone that will listen, which is pretty much only the baby – he likes it when I lie down because then he can stab his sharp little fingernails up my nose.

At one point as I lay on the couch I was certain that I was melting – literally melting – and then I realized it was just my own tears of misery. Because I am a wuss when it comes to summer.

But this week? This week there has been a hint of fall in the air. And last night, when I suddenly remembered that we left ALL THE TOYS in the backyard, I realized that it was a touch too chilly and a lot too mosquito-infested for me to risk going out in bare arms.

Cue the sweater. And not just any sweater – the sweater.

Remember sweater that I started a year or so ago? The sweater that people cruelly implied that I’d never finish, simply because I rarely finish anything? Pfffft. Precedent.

Well, I wore that sweater last night and it was delightful. The soft, warm wool protected my delicate arms from both the cold and the mosquitoes, directing them towards my exposed ankles instead. Bliss.

In case you’re new to my blog, let me introduce you to this sweater. I bought the wool in the fall of 2013 to celebrate gettig my dream job with a organization that promotes Waldorf education. The wool embodied the hope I had with this potential new work, and it also provided some comfort when I left the job a month later. Booo.

Oh well, I’m not one to stop knitting just because of a little emotional set back. I slowly started to knit a pullover and I was fairly happy with my progress – until I discovered a few months later that I was pregnant with Forest.

I realized that a cardigan would be more practical for nursing, so I ripped out the pullover and I began my sweater again in cardigan form in the early months of 2014 (taking a long break in the summer to knit a bunch of adorable longies for the baby). And when our sweet baby was finally born, I kept on knitting my sweater as he slept in my lap, waking every so often to swat away the yarn that draped across his face.

Remember these photos?

WIP #1:  A New Project on the Needles (September 4, 2014) – I remember this photo. I thought that there was a chance I could have the sweater done by the baby’s arrival. Ha ha ha. Pregnant women think the silliest things.

WIP #2: A Nine-Month Project is Complete (September 24, 2014) I took this photo after taking a bunch of pictures of our new little baby. It’s crazy how different the yarn colour is from photo to photo. It must have been a late afternoon sun or something.

WIP #3: Han Solo Mittens (October 16, 2014) – Starting the arms! Progress stalled after this as I worked on some epic mittens and a few gorgeous cowls for Christmas.

And now it’s done! With buttons and blocking and everything! Yeah, baby!

Sigh. I can’t even believe that when I downloaded this pattern, our baby boy was just a teeny tiny little being, still months and months away from being born.

Oh, the cuteness. This guy kills me.

With fall around the corner, he’s going to need a vest or two. I’ve already picked them out – Griffin by Georgie Hallam and Snowy Penguin Vest by ChemKnits. I’ve already started a couple projects for myself too – Gale by Alicia Plummer and Reyna by Noora Laivola. I promised a Little House Shawl or two for the girls as well. Mmmmmm… so much wool.

I’m so glad that summer is almost over.

This post has been linked to Ginny’s Yarn Along and Frontier Dream’s Keep Calm Craft On.