Coconut Jelly

Perfect on a hot afternoon.

Refreshing!

It is a young coconut fruit with its coconut water made into a jelly with coconut fruit pieces. After scrapping the rest of the fruit, the shell makes a lovely pot for plants. I will show you when its done.

Oval Doily WIP 2

Rounds 4-7 is done.

Decided to switch to Lizbeth Orchid Green Medium Col. 667 for Round 7.

Lower Seletar Reservoir

I took this photo from the train as we passed Khatib towards Yio Chu Kang station. It has been a while since I took this train to the city. When you are not in a hurry to get somewhere and the train is not too crowded, it is quite a relaxing ride.

Tatting with Fox

I have only tatted this far.

This is a pattern by Maranta that Fox and I agreed to tat together after a long tatting hiatus for me.

You can see her progress here.

Now, I am a little apprehensive as I start the next 2 rounds.

The long chains may be a little difficult to control.

How do you make long chains equal in length?

Measure consistently?

Jade Ring

I love rummaging through the sale baskets for special deals.

These days, I look for jade rings. It was in a small box and you pick what you like, hoping that it will fit one of your fingers. 

I found this one in different shades of green and fell in love.

Peach Ixora

I found these growing next to a multi story carpark at one of our breakfast haunts. Lovely sweet colour. Ixoras usually come in red, pink, yellow, white and orange blooms. This was a nice change.

Medallion #19

This is a pattern from Tatting with Anne Orr. I recently got this book from the Book Depository.

It is missing some rings along the chains but I decided to carry on without them because I realized the mistake too late. Tatted in LIzbeth Size 40 Green Ice Col 187. The colours do not show up true in this photo. 

I hope you are having a good tatting day.

Sweet Dreams

I need my beauty sleep too.

That is after I wake someone up.

So that she can watch me sleep.

Oval Doily WIP1

I wanted to tat an oval doily. After looking through some pattern books, I settled on a pattern on page 7 in Rita Weiss' Tatting Doilies and Edgings.

I am alternating two Lizbeth Size 40 Kelly Green Medium Col. 712 and Sea Island Citrus Col. 161.

Rounds 1-3 completed. It has been a while since I tatted. A break from tatting is required sometimes. I hope to complete this before I get bored. Maybe I should have started with smaller patterns.

Lace On Nails

Tatted lace? 

 Sure looks like it!

It was hand drawn by a talented nail artist. 

She was so meticulous.

It made me smile . . . .

for days.