Month: October 2021

How deep is your stash? A love song

October 21, 2021

Todays finished project is a testimony and a vindication of those languishing skeins in the stash, skeins that we all believe will (eventually) find their project, their day and their own song. I really mean to learn‘Cause we’re living in a world of foolsBreaking us down when they all should let us beWe belong to you and me I believe in youYou know the door to my very soulYou’re the light in my deepest, darkest … More How deep is your stash? A love song

Pan Co’Santi: A Favourite local recipe for this time of year

October 13, 2021

It seems that it’s that time of year when some peoples crafting goes down a rather spooky road, and while halloween themed crafting doesn’t really grab me, all seasonal baking does. Here in Siena, the lead up to All Souls or the Festa dei Morti (2nd November) is marked as so many Italian festivals both local and national, with a particular food; Pan Co’Santi. This is a sweet yeasted bread with dried fruit, walnuts and all … More Pan Co’Santi: A Favourite local recipe for this time of year