I was hoping to have posted a while ago, but, unfortunately, an unscheduled tatting hiatus occurred shortly after my last post. I have hardly touched the doily since. I have done some tatting though. I am working on an exchange with Tattingchic, though I think I am running behind on that too. A couple of nice chainmaille order came though a few weeks ago as well, which was nice. So I've done some chainmaille since my last post.
In case you missed in, I was mentioned in an article by Georgia Seitz on BellaOnline. You can read it here. It's about tatting with Teneriffe lace. Gee, Teneriffe Lace is something I haven't done in a while either. I should try and make a few motifs when I have some time.
Since I don't have any tatting related photos to share, I guess it's time for an orchid photo! Here is a photo of an orchid I bought a few years ago that finally flowered:
This is Phalaenopsis parishii. It's one of my miniature Phalaenopsis orchids. The whole plant is aproxximately 1.5 inches (3.8 cm) from leaf tip to leaf tip. The flower is about 1/2 inch (1.8 cm) wide. It's mounted on a piece of bark and lives in a terrarium like environment. A few other Phals bought at the same time are or have flowered recently. I don't have photos ready for them. It's always nice to see the plants flower. It's a good sign that they are being cared for properly.
That's it for now. Hopefully I'll get back to work on the Japanese doily soon. I'm still waiting for spring to stay here. The weather's been all over the place. It was nice for a while, then it got rather cold for a while. Then it'll try to snow, then get nice again. This weekend was pretty awful weatherwise. We had snow, then freezing rain, followed by more snow, then rain. When it's not snowing or raining it's just cloudy and cool. The forecast for tomorrow is plus 15 and sunny. Let's hope that's what it does. Till next time.
Gorgeous orchid! That flower is an accomplishment indeed. Thanks for sharing.
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ReplyDeleteBeautiful orchid, lovely picture and thank you for sharing, hope you weather improves soon, ours is chilly and showers at least the floods have gone, it's just the clear up and months of hard work to try and get the levels repaired.
Look forward to seeing your doily
Margaret
The Phalaenopsis is an intriqueing little beauty...I have about 20 orchids, they are becoming a habit I am afraid. I do the best with the Phalaenopsis, some of the other varieties I don't seem to manage to get them to rebloom...though some that my parents sent me from Hawaii are now starting to bloom...Dendrobium and Cattleya. I had not seen the miniature Phalaenopsis ones before...I'll have to look for some. Off to read the Georgia Seitz article now...
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