Thursday, May 23, 2013

Bubble Tea and Motif 23

This post was supposed to be published on Tuesday. Since I started walking with a tatting friend on Tuesday and Thursday mornings, I haven't been so consistent with publishing my Tatting Tea Tuesday posts.

This one, for instance. The tatting photos and starter text were prepared on Monday.  All I needed to do was sit down at the computer and finish after returning from my Tuesday two-mile walk.

Close up of the tapioca pearls in my tea.

Didn't happen.
The upside of a Thursday post is that I can share the bubble tea I am drinking today.

Lemony Green Bubble Tea (iced)
It is a super-tasty indulgence with cell-supporting antioxidants and cancer-fighting catechins.  Bubble tea is also called boba or pearl milk tea and originated in Taiwan.   Mine is tea without the milk, but if you add the milk you also get a small calcium boost.

Motif 23 - Jane's Bookmark Cross
As for tatting, I am having a great time making my first (ever) crosses to give as gifts to Sapling's Kindergarten teachers.  Hard to believe, isn't it? I have been tatting for over 30 years and these are my first crosses. 

Jane's Bookmark Cross
progress after day one

I just love how the green rings fall at each end of the horizontal bars and the juicy fruit hues cluster toward the center. And I used the SSSR to finish the bottom ring. A great method of hiding ends.

Scan of Day 1 progress on
Jane's Bookmark Cross
The white background on the scanner makes it harder to see the pale green stitches, but had the most sharp resolution.  Of course, these images are of the lace unblocked.

Jane's Bookmark Cross
progress, day two






This cross is tatted in Lizbeth® 20 #156 Juicy Watermelon and measures three (3) inches in length (7.62 cm) and two (2) inches wide (5.08 cm).  Grace Tan cleverly adapted Jane McClelland's bookmark pattern into a cross, which itself was adapted by Jane from a braid that appeared in the May 1984 Anna Burda magazine.

Isn't teamwork wonderful? The evolution story of this cross is quite good too. Without the Internet bringing these people together would this cross have been created?

Wishing you all blissful me time to create something beautiful. See you next Tuesday for more communi-tea!

12 comments:

Margarets designer cards said...

Beautiful cross, it looks lovely in that thread
Margaret

Fox said...

Love how the thread worked.
Fox : )

Crazy Mom! said...

Yummy - want (both tea AND the cross)!

Ladytats said...

That is a pretty cross. I just finished mine last night. This is a very easy pattern and makes a very pretty cross.
I like the colorway you chose.

Batty Tatter said...

Oooooh very pretty. Gotta try it.

Umintsuru said...

The cross looks lovely! This pattern shows off the colours very well. Bubble tea is very popular here! Happy walking.

Jane McLellan said...

So pretty, I love your version of Grace's cross!

Jane McLellan said...

And thanks for the links to my blog!!

StringyDogs said...

Beautiful! It looked so tiny in your hand I was sure you'd tatted it in 40 or 80! What a surprise.

IsDihara said...

StringyDogs, maybe it looks so small because my hand looked so big?!? LOL!

I am making a second one in Peacock Blues!

tattrldy said...

That really is a lovely cross, and looks great in those colors. I'm not always sure about variegated threads on how they will look used for different patterns, but this turned out wonderful!
I've never heard of this tea before, I'll have to find out more about it and, maybe, give it a try:-)

God's Kid said...

That cross is gorgeous!!! :)