Water Lily

Pattern is called water lily by Lyn Morton in her book Tatting Patterns on page 18. Thread is Peace Size 30 by Yarnplayer. I love the colours used in the book and wanted a thread colour which was just as pretty. I believe Peace fits the bill. I noticed in Lyn's book, all the picots tatted were small in size and it suited the patterns. I must remember to make the picots smaller.

Weighing In

The last time I weighed Umi and Tsuru was in February 2010. Tsuru was 3.2 kg and Umi was 3.7kg. The reason I weighed them then was because I felt Umi had lost some weight.

Today Umi weighed 5.5kg and Tsuru stepped on the scale and it read 3.4kg.

Tatted Lariat

Remember the tatted edging Drunkard's Path which I was tatting for a necklace. This is it. I made it a lariat with a pendant and a large ring with Delica beads. The polymer clay pendant is a creation of a very talented artist Michelle on Etsy. Her shop is called Woman In Bloom.

Pretty Desserts

Pandan cake with palm sugar, coconut sprinklings, a sliced canned peach and a pansy flower. I was fascinated with the pick because it looked like glass but it was actually a plastic pick. I collected the pick after having the cake. It did look prettier than it tasted.

Mango pudding with diced mango. Sorry for the poor quality photos. It was indoors in a restaurant with dim lighting and I did not want to use the camera flash. People might think I was silly to take photos of everything I put in my mouth. No, I was just silly enough to take photos of these desserts.

Pop-over Collar Motif

Are you wondering about the title. It is the name of the pattern in Lyn Morton's book Tatting Patterns on page 52. But instead of making a collar I decided to go with a square which will be framed. It is tatted in shades of green. You may only see one green on your monitor but the other three are shades of moss green. I posted the motif last week with larger picots here. Done in thread size 40 and it measures about 6 inches square.

Smiling While Tatting

Have you ever smiled while tatting something, just because it was . . .

• the right thread;
• the perfect colour;
• the most appropriate pattern;
• everything you hoped and wished it could be;

You actually smiled throughout even when you put it down for a few days and picked it up later and you kept on smiling and tatting and smiling. It just felt good.

This is Mary Konior's pattern called Drunkard's Path. The thread is Krystle's HDT 'Vineyard at Dusk' Size 20. I added Delica beads at the joins. The tatting is part of a necklace. I hope to post the necklace soon.

August 2010 Giveaway Winner

Using the random number generator, Lebasi Aneres is the winner of these earrings for this month's Umi and Tsuru's blog giveaway. Do send me your address and I will mail these off to you. Thank you to all who participated. Come back next month for another giveaway.

Coconut Ice Cream

This was most delicious. I wish I could have this everyday but I would have to live next to it. It is coconut ice cream served with shavings of young coconut flesh and roasted peanuts in a coconut shell. If you can find all the 3 ingredients, make one for yourself. The combination is heavenly. This comes served with a small cup of chilled coconut water to have after. Very refreshing on a hot day!

Hearts and Flowers

Tatted in Size 40 threads. I was attracted to this pattern by the hearts. Pattern is by Lyn Morton in her book Tatting Patterns on page 100. I did not see the flowers until much later. It looks good in a single colour too, as shown in the book. What colour would you do this in?

Shuttles - Blinged

I just had to show you my blinged shuttles. I glued on some Swarovski crystals.

All shuttles are from La Cossette.

See the before and after photos.

Side A - Before

(Pearl came with shuttle)

Side A - After

Side B - Before

Side B - After

Side A - After

Side B - After

(Blue crystal came with shuttle)