The colours of summer

Anyone who knows me knows I love colour!!  As I told you (I think), Sirs idea of a good birthday present was gin for me to flavour.

During lockdown the first attempt was elderflower which I've shared. It was left for a week ...

A second one was left for 5 weeks and a mix of strawberries, raspberries and redcurrants was left for 4 weeks...

Wanna see??

Yes, the elder is in a cider bottle!

Isn't the summer one an amazing colour??

Now there's bramble (blackberry), a blackcurrant and a rhubarb on the marinade!!

When you're bored ..

And you have buttons and thread..  you play don't you? You don't? Well I do!!

Last weekend was fairly damp here, and after being at a wet funeral and being bored .. not settling to anything... I decided to be nosey through my button box.

Well, I got Eliza thread haven't I!? In Navy and Red. Buttons to tone and contrast and I decided to play...

Want to see?

Another bracelet!

why?

Is it that blogger decided to delete my post rather than publish it???

I'll start again!!

Monday was this TOGs birthday! Had a wonderful day!! However, because Big Lil Miss  was at school... Mummy and small helpers made a Greek salad and a sponge cake with cherries in on Sunday! We had an outdoor party at their house and kept distant!!

Remember I showed you the Eliza thread mat last week? The mug rug? Yes? Well I was playing with thread last week. The thread that'd come off the shuttle. Put basic macrame skills and beads into the mix, and produced a bracelet... Had it on on Sunday ... And promptly lost it to Mummy!!!

Had to make a new one yesterday! Slightly different if course!!

More from Last Week!

A week or so ago a neighbour with dementia passed away. She was a baker of cakes, quiches, pies etc!  One of her cakes was coffee cake. I can't resist and I have the recipe! Her family were discussing it in my presence, and I've to write it out for them...  it's in my remembrall! So... it's another little job for me to do!! Evidently her granddaughter has the baking gene too!

Just struck me as spooky that the bobbin dream from one person should coincide with a conversation re the same flavour cake with another!

Anyway, here's said bobbin!!

Must Tell You

About the new thread available from Roseground here in the UK.

Eliza is the latest from the Lizbeth camp. In size 10 it tats up like Lizbeth 10, but more matte. Reminds me of the old Twilleys threads. Lovely to tat, holds its shape well, takes size 11 Czech beads ok... provided you keep an eye on the holes when threading... I always use a beading needle and a length of cotton for threading.

Anyway, I digress... The range of colours is limited at present, only half a dozen or so in the range, all solid colours.

Anyway, I gotta hold of some and gave it a try. This pattern is from Jennifer Williams 20 tatted snowflakes. I think in colour, it looks like a ring of flowers and would make a gorgeous mug rug!!

I don't...

Think I've shown you this before.  Last year the younger of the two Li'l Misses was 'persuading Mummy' that she 'could so' drink out of a 'proper' cup like Big Li'l Miss!

Mummy decided she was right so a trip to the shop followed. Li'l Miss is rather like Granny and adores owls! So mug had to have owls on it! Mummy reminded her that Granny likes owls, so 2 mugs had to be bought!  One for Granny for a present!!

There's a reason I tell you this story now.... This morning whilst being nosy on that social media whatsit site I came across a lady by the name of Dee who happens to paint lace bobbins. As you know this tog is also a lacey tog!!

Anyway, Dee was saying that she had dreamt last night that she was painting bobbins with sayings on... 'Time for Tea' or 'Time for Coffee', and painting her favourite mug and chocolate chip cookies!  She's offered to paint them with your favourite mug and nibble to go with!  Took a pic of the mug and told her my favourite nibble.... which I was only talking about 20 minutes earlier... More tomorrow!!