The Magical Mystery Tour Comes to a Close

 Finished!  This was a total labor of love. 

I used Trendsetter Yarns:

MC: Tonalita, 2349
A: Merino 6, #671
B: Merino 6, #7440
C-G: Merino 6, #705, #4200, #9963, #371, #8772

 The picture doesn't show the detail as well as I would like.  

This was my first time doing embroidery.  The instructions were very clear.

I'm glad there have been a few real winter temperature days where I can wear my sweater!

Magical Mystery Tour

The Magical Mystery Tour is picking up speed. I am filled with anticipation for the finished sweater.

At this point I had finished the front, knit on the side panels and sewed the back.  I reblocked the front because I wasn't happy with how the quilt blocks were sitting.  The were a little pouchy.  Now I like how they look.  I have more than enough embroidery thread.  I couldn't make up my mind.

It's (almost) assembled!  

One sleeve is knit, One sleeve to go. 

The tour is almost over and it has been a blast.

Magical Mystery Tour

Amidst all the sock knitting, I did manage to finish knitting the back panel for Krazy Kurti.  I'm ready to block these pieces.  The mitered square strips for one sleeve are done. 

Can you feel the excitement building?  Once I block and sew the back pieces I can knit on the side panels.  Yippee Skippy - I'm getting close!

Are we having fun yet?  I am! The rest of the yarn for the class has come in, I'm looking forward to seeing what people pick out.

Magical Myster Tour continues

I love how this Krazy Kurti working up.  I finished the first two quilt blocks and added the side mitered square panels.  Both had to be blocked before assembling.  I'm probably going to reblock it all in the end.

Now I'm adding the side garter panels.  Did I mention I'm having a blast knitting this?


 

Magical Mystery Tour

To be fair, I see a lot of things I want to knit everywhere:  at the store, Ravelry, online magazines, other knitters, and magazines.  I am constantly collecting patterns for future knitting.

Then there comes along a sweater that pushes itself to the front of the line.  A pattern that totally excites my imagination and captivates me with with it's color and design.

Are you waiting with bated breath?

The answer is, Krazy Kurti by Myra Wood.  This sweater leaped off the pages of the magazine.

I am smitten.  This sweater has a little bit everything:  mitered squares, mulitdirectional knitting, different stitch patterns, and awesome color.  I know this isn't for everyone, however, I am one happy camper.

The best part is (other than knitting it) that it will be a class at Westport Yarns.

I started with one of the quilt blocks in the center.  Myra has the template in the pattern with a note to enlarge it 400% to make it actual size.  Brilliant!

 My friend Noreen gave me these blocking squares that look like a kids puzzle.  Perfect timing.  I placed the template on the board and a piece of saran wrap over it.  Then I pinned the pieces onto the template where they belong.  I was pretty happy with myself over this.

One quilt block blocked and sewn.

I finished 1 mitered square strip.  If you're wondering if the bottom 2 squares look slightly larger than the top 4, you would be right.  That, my friends would be the difference of knitting at the beginning of the day and knitting at the end of the day.  The answer to this little idiosyncrasy?  It will block out.

This weekend, the second quilt block!  I hope you'll join me on this Magical Mystery Tour!