Day 413 Scottish Moffat and Italian Kidskin

After a few minutes of starring at heaps of fabrics, the potential Venetian pink and gold costume and the blue and yellow Scottish Moffat weave I decided to marry a small ball of Italian Kidskin with the latter and soon started to sketch. I was up until about 2am knitting and playing around with the idea of using the Kidskin either as a shawl, neckline or mini cardigan. I settled with a big collar, but then somehow a piece of blue velvet appeared on the paper and carried on sketching with that. This morning I had to realise with great disappointment that the blue velvet just did not go with the Scottish Moffat and it was time to go to church. The following 8 hours after lunch was spent in a rather impromptu way. As I walked pass those delicious grapes at my parents’ garden, the ones I have written about many months ago being most likely brought from Italy by a close relative during one of the World Wars. So, while I walked passed them I had an idea to make blue grape jam and cordial. 8 hours later 8 jars of jam and about 15 litres of cordial waiting to be cooled down in a very old fashioned way, wrapped in blankets in old baskets. Once they get to room temperature they can be put in the newly decorated pantry.