Not A Drop

Okay, you've already seen my Not A Drop, but I decided the pattern deserves a more thorough review.

The pattern was from Arlene's World of Lace.  That's important, because you'll probably want to go buy all her other patterns, too.  

I used my own handspun yarn.  As you can tell, my yarn wasn't exactly balanced.  That's okay, though, because the pattern overshadows the deficits in my yarn.

 This pattern is called Not A Drop because it has an interesting construction.  It looks like it has a series of drop stitches, but it doesn't.  Even though the rows of the pattern only took me a couple repeats to memorize, it's fascinating and held my interest the entire time.  I still don't fully comprehend the mechanics of it, but the pattern is reversible.  It looks the same front and back.  That's accomplished through a series of knitting acrobatics I've never before come across.  The pattern includes very clear tutorials with pictures and clear explanations of the trickiest steps.  Once you've done each part a couple times, it's pretty easy, and you can spend the rest of your knitting time trying to figure out how on earth someone would understand knitting well enough to come up with such an ingenious pattern.

It kept me on my toes, and the end result is as surprising as it is fun.  I had originally intended for this to be a table runner for my tea table (yes.  I have a tea table.), but I'm thinking I might have to wear this one, to make sure the maximum number of people see it.