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Natal Chart Infinity Scarf Project

8/30/2016

  In addition to knitting, Astrology is my other top interest. In fact I've even decided to start offering some astrology readings to friends and friends of friends! So far the readings I have given have gone great and I believe people were happy with them.
  Another project I've been working on for several years now, is how to connect Astrology and Knitting. It's actually why I created my website with the name 'Astraknots' - it stands for 'Astra' = Astrology and 'knots' = Knitting. And it sounds like astronauts which is totally fun, yay homonyms! (My mother used to be an English teacher).
   I'm excited to tell you that I've recently made some breakthroughs in this project! One night when I couldn't sleep, I got up and drew a few pictures, like the one pictured here. It's what I call an "Orbital Range of Influence".
  It's a made up phrase, but basically there are areas of a chart where if something passed thru those, they would be aspecting the planet in question. This picture is for the sun in my chart, and identifies the areas of the chart where something would square, oppose or otherwise aspect my sun (using only the primary aspects).
  It is kind of deep and hard to explain, but I'm going to use this information (mapped for all the planets in a chart) and then write a program (since that's also what I do) to produce a knitting pattern that basically represents your natal chart! The pattern is going to produce an infinity scarf. Currently, the scarf may have 12 different colors, representing the 12 signs of the chart. But who knows, I may modify that too.
  For years now I have been collecting data and trying to map all the various qualities of a knitting project to all the various things in astrology. And this post is just to say - I'm getting somewhere.
  Anyway, I'll keep you posted on that progress!

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Now offering online knitting class!

8/30/2016

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Class: Intro to Beg Knitting

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I'm very excited to announce my first online knitting class via Skillshare! They actually hit me up and said I would make a great teacher on their site, so I decided to give it a whirl. You can enroll for my first class here: Intro to Beginning Knitting where you can make a dishcloth. The class is geared towards "brand new" knitters.
Also, please follow me (click button at left) and get informed when I create new classes! I'm looking for input on what types of classes people are interested in and will build my classes based on those requests.
I really appreciate the support!!

Now that I've made the official plug, I'll keep telling my story. I have been wanting to offer online classes for awhile, and my LYS where I usually teach classes is closing. Very sad! It wasn't just a store, it was a community - but the people of the community are holding together and finding new ways to connect.
  In all honesty, I didn't want to publish my class quite yet - not because it wasn't done, in fact, I signed up for Skillshare's teach challenge and managed to get it all done! But I published it today, which was the first day of Mercury Retrograde. A period of time that is usually not when you want to start new things. That and the Balsalmic phase of the moon. But in order to "pass" the class, and complete the Teach Challenge, I had to get it published before the Aug 31st deadline.
  Sadly, I have a feeling the success of the class will be reflected by the poor timing of the launch. And based on how Skillshare prioritizes classes, the grace period ends in two weeks (and Mercury won't be direct by then). But alas, maybe it will all work out and I need to re-examine my beliefs!! (<-- "re" words are key for Mercury retrograde times, and re-examining beliefs are an effect of Saturn in Sagittarius). So chin up Gen, it will all work out how it should!
  Meanwhile, I have a couple more blog posts to write and update you on things!

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