DROPS pattern titles are such a nice little mix of the clinical and the romantic. I’ve been on a DROPS kick recently and neglecting my massive collection of pattern books, but who could blame me? There are so many patterns on the website and they’re all free. Free under the assumption that you will buy and use their yarn which I haven’t done but I’m not opposed to the idea, just haven’t any in my stash. Luckily, the gauge is clearly listed as well as the yarn weight (in their own particular alphabetical style) so it’s easy to swap out yarns which I’ve done here with some ancient stashed Berroco Weekend in Tomatillo. The patterns themselves are rather sparsely written without any unnecessary elaboration, but if you’re a pattern writer for DROPS and you push out so many patterns you can’t take ages on each one, I suppose.
221-26 Blue Pine Shore is a lacey cabled tank top with what was supposed to be a folded over ribbed neckline (called a double neck in the pattern) but I just knit an inch or so of the ribbing instead. The pattern is easy to follow and the pattern repeat is easily memorized which makes it a good fit for ‘waiting on an oil change’ knitting. Took the photographs at the VMFA last weekend in both a fancy, deserted bathroom on the lower level and tried a trick shot in an antique mirror in one of the galleries. Exasperated docent behind me not included.