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.
Didn't happen.
The upside of a Thursday post is that I can share the bubble tea I am drinking today.
Motif 23 - Jane's Bookmark Cross
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.
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.
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!
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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| Scan of Day 1 progress on Jane's Bookmark Cross |
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| Jane's Bookmark Cross progress, day two |
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!
Beautiful cross, it looks lovely in that thread
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Love how the thread worked.
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Yummy - want (both tea AND the cross)!
ReplyDeleteThat is a pretty cross. I just finished mine last night. This is a very easy pattern and makes a very pretty cross.
ReplyDeleteI like the colorway you chose.
Oooooh very pretty. Gotta try it.
ReplyDeleteThe cross looks lovely! This pattern shows off the colours very well. Bubble tea is very popular here! Happy walking.
ReplyDeleteSo pretty, I love your version of Grace's cross!
ReplyDeleteAnd thanks for the links to my blog!!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! It looked so tiny in your hand I was sure you'd tatted it in 40 or 80! What a surprise.
ReplyDeleteStringyDogs, maybe it looks so small because my hand looked so big?!? LOL!
ReplyDeleteI am making a second one in Peacock Blues!
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!
ReplyDeleteI've never heard of this tea before, I'll have to find out more about it and, maybe, give it a try:-)
That cross is gorgeous!!! :)
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