Woo hoo! Spring is nearly here. It officially starts on the 1st
September here. We have had a hard cold
late winter. Up till today I thought
spring was never going to arrive, the days have been damp, cold and grey. However today we saw the sun and didn’t need
the heating on!
You might
have gathered that I have fallen in love with doilies! This week I got to and finished some of the
doilies I have started over the last month or so.
First the
yellow pineapple doily – it ended up a lot bigger than I thought but it makes a
wonderful table centrepiece, that’s because I used no. 10 cotton.
I just love
the pineapple patterns. I might do this
again with no. 20 cotton and make it two colours. Pattern here
What gave
me the idea was this doily.
The light
colour is actually a lemony cream. I am
thinking of doing a set of four as placemats and doing some coasters to match
for ‘Christmas presents’. Am I allowed
to use that word yet! I used no. 10
thread again but with a 1.5 hook so it came up quite solid. Pattern here
Today I
finished this simple doily. It is called
Ferris Wheel, you can imagine the picot edges as the buckets on a ferris
wheel. This one is going to be used on
the door curtain I am making. Pattern
here
This week I
got a lovely surprize and won Amanda of Crafty in the Med Mediterranean give away. Thank you Amanda looking forward
to the goodies.
Also I have
been very remiss in not welcoming new Followers So welcome and hi to
Mamasmercantile, Ewa, Tami and By Nemes.
Today I
decided to walk into town and noticed that a lot of my favourite flowering
trees were in bloom. I just love
magnolias. I have a small stellata variety
so when I got home I went down the back and yes there were flowers, I had to
pick a shoot and put in a vase.
While I was in the supermarket I saw this amazing
fruit! It is so ugly, its beautiful!
The Dragon Fruit (pitaya) it comes from Vietnam and Thailand from a cactus. It has a melon like flavour and can be eaten
as melons or used smoothies. I have
visitor with young kids in the weekend and I am going have a game with them!
While I was inspecting the magnolia bush, I also
managed to harvest these, Yams and Celeriac.
I don’t think you get this type of yam outside of NZ, although I think
it originates from the Andes where they are called oca. They are vaguely scented, and boiled or roasted they are mealy like potatoes and slightly cooked
they have a crisp crunch to them.'
Well I think that’s it for today.
Thanks for visiting.
Some truly beautiful doilies, I particularly liked the pineapple pattern.
ReplyDeleteThank you have a great weekend.
DeleteYour doilies are lovely !!! But autumn is on the way here...
ReplyDeleteLove magnolias too...I've planted on this year...a "stelatta"...
I've never see those yam...and never try pitaya...
Have a great day waiting for spring...
Hug
Anna
Beautiful doilies!!!
ReplyDeleteHappy spring.:*
Your doilies are beautiful!!! I especially love the first two. So very pretty indeed. It is funny to hear you talking about spring coming as we are heading into autumn - although the sun is trying to shine through the grey clouds right now - and I will enjoy seeing your flowers bloom and hearing about warmer days as ours cool down! xx
ReplyDeleteThank you, I know I found looking at your lovely photographs of Britain enjoying the summer a great pick me up for cold grey days.
DeleteDear Zana, thank you for visiting my blog and leaving a comment. I had a look at your posts, your crochet work is lovely. I especially adore the simple pink doily. I would never use such a colour for a doily but I adore it a lot when others do so. Happy spring! I envy you a bit, spring is the most wonderful time of the year. Have a nice evening, Viola
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on winning Amanda's giveaway, I love your doilies, I like making them too but i've got where to put them every single surface is covered! I wish Spring was just around the corner here, I can't believe the summer is almost over already it seemed so short.;)
ReplyDeleteThank you Linda. I have a lot of surfaces to cover but I am not making headway because as soon as I finish them, friends and family plead for them!!!
DeleteHappy spring! It is lovely when it finally arrives.. but for me it is autumn around the corner. Although today we had a lovely summer day! I love your pineapple doily. Anything pineapple and I am happy! Anna x
ReplyDeleteNno you are not allowed to use 'that' word yet! Your doilies are lovely I really must have a go at making one some day. Winter was pretty good here, first day of spring is a bit grotty though although as I type this it seems to be brightening up.
ReplyDeleteSuper pretty doilies!! My favorite is the two-tone one ♥. Thanks for the links!
ReplyDeleteGreetings, Nata