International Hermit and Stitch Weekend (IHSW) - March

This last weekend was a real hermit weekend for me. I was extremely tired. In my job we are moving to a new building and we have been all last week packing all the laboratories including heavy equipment. Other side, when I got up on Saturday all was covered by a 10 cm layer of snow and it continued snowing for all the weekend. So that was the ideal weekend to become hermit and be all the day stitching.

And that was what I did. I was working to advance some of my projects. I finished the embroider design for the sachet corresponding to March and which I am doing for the Small SAL 2018 by Stitching Lotus.

I finished also the embroidery for the banner I am doing for the Ostara celebration. For people who don't know, Ostara is a pagan holiday in which we celebrate the spring equinox, the day when day and night lenght are equal. That normally is the beggining of the good weather and so many activities outdoor.

I stitched also the typical Easter hare, which is a tradition coming from norse mythology in which a hare is associated with the goddess Eostre.

I made good advance in my other Ostara embroidery. This is designed by CTHDesign and I bought it in Etsy. In the design that shows typical Easter objects as daffodils and Easter eggs.

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Finally, I did the second prestitch of the Mystery SAL organized by Magical Quilts And More. The SAL itself will start on the 30th March.

I am doing other crafts different than needlecraft for my seasonal Easter decoration. I was painting some eggs, but I forgot to take a picture and now I have decided to show when they are ov er. I am also doing a Easter wreath. It is done with a metallic support wrapped with yellow satin ribbon. It has different Easter symbols sticck to it as nests, eggs and chicks. I think it will be quite funny when is finished.

And that is all for this hermit weekend. Comments are welcome.

Spicy Parsley Soup

I remember when I was a girl and my mum made that soup for me in the cold winter. I cannot forget the taste and I have been always scared of reproducing my mum's recipe as I thought the taste was going to be different.

But I decided to prepare and I was really amazed: it was tasting even better than I remember. It was delicious. I decided to share it with you.

Ingredients (for 2 people)

• 1 onion
• 1 red pepper diced
• 1 tomato diced
• 4 potatoes peeled and diced
• 1 good parsley bunch
• 2 garlic cloves
• Cumin seeds
• Saffron
• Black peppercorn
• Salt
• Olive Oil

Preparation

Add some olive oil in a saucepan. When it is warm add the onion and fried until transparent. Add the pepper and the tomato, both diced. Let the mixture fried for a while. When the mixture is fried, add the potatos diced and the parsley. Fry for a while.

In the meantime, in the mortar mash the garlic cloves, cumin seeds, saffron, peppercorn and salt. Add to the vegetables, stirr well and cover with water.

Let it boil until the potatoes are tender. Blend it and decorate with some parsley.

Ready to eat.

Enjoy and if you like let me know in the comments.