In this past year, the game, Animal Crossing, or どうぶつの森 (Doubutsu no Mori) in Japanese, has become extremely popular. It came out on the Nintendo Switch right as the pandemic was starting, and it seemed the perfect game to help people pass the time and get through the forced isolation. To be honest, I have […]
In this video, I examine a subject that is at the very basis of the craft of astrology, and that is what one excepts as authoritative and persuasive. This goes to the heart of the differences among the various branches and types of Western Astrology.
The Great Conjunction of 2020 is being called by many “the Christmas Star.” This video explains my thoughts on this, and my own speculations of the nature of the Star of Bethlehem from the Gospel of Matthew:
Here is this week’s video: See also: Honoring Our Ancestors Tamala: The Feast of the Dead
Here is the latest video on the Essentialist Astrology Channel: For more information on this subject, see: Guénon, René, The Dark Age, The Crisis of the Modern World, Sophia Perennis, 1942 Trent, Alice Lucy, Cycles of Time, The Feminine Universe, The Golden Order Press, 1997 Kali Yuga: The Patriarchal Dark Age Satya Yuga to Kali […]
That is absolutely lovely. Is that Feather and Fan in the patterning that I see there? What are your thoughts about this pattern, would you recommend it to another who is starting to make garment? Also, what type of yarn did you use? It looks fantastic!
Thank you for your kind words. Yes, it is a Feather and Fan pattern, which is not too difficult as far as lace goes. It is a four row pattern, and the lacing is only in one of the four rows. The other rows are just knit and purl rows. I do not know if I would recommend it for one’s first sweater, just because lace can be a little tricky (even a easy lace pattern). When I was first learning to knit lace, I started on dishclothes and scarves, and then I moved to socks. For my first sweaters, I used patterns in stockinette or garter.
I did use acrylic yarn for this, but a higher end acrylic. I think the brand was Dark Horse, and I did get it at a smaller yarn store. While I would love to use natural materials and higher end yarn, at the moment, my budget does not permit it. Heee…actually, right now, I am trying to avoid buying any new yarn, but trying to use up the yarn on my back porch. There was a time I was excited about new patterns and yarns, but I found it was much, much easier to buy the yarn than to actually complete the project, so I have a lot of yarn (and started projects) on my back porch! Heee…but now one of them is completed!
Oh! How astonishingly beautiful! In Amity, Rose Bryce