tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post4399943622441259736..comments2024-03-28T20:39:15.991+00:00Comments on Jean's Knitting: Jeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12038517988391228260noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-16514900172775707832011-10-24T20:34:51.255+01:002011-10-24T20:34:51.255+01:00Today's newsletter from IK's Knitting Dail...Today's newsletter from IK's Knitting Daily announced a new DVD and/or downloadable video that may interest you. Knitting Daily Workshop: Brioche Knitting Basics<br />with Mercedes Tarasovich-Clark. Looks interesting and you could put it on your ipad.AnnPnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-85775748347483488642011-10-24T18:54:21.598+01:002011-10-24T18:54:21.598+01:00I think what I said before was technically wrong. ...I think what I said before was technically wrong. The sun doesn't actually go to the other side of the center of the sky away from the equator; but it does go to the other side of its equinoctial path, which is not quite the same thing.<br /><br />Some decades ago, an artist in New York City set up a magnifying glass on the roof of his building. Each day, it burned the sun's path into a new piece of wood. At the end of I think two years (because of allowing for cloudy days), he put the curved shapes together and had a literal track of the sun's path over the course of a year. It was essentially a figure eight, with the straight parts being the equinoxes. At the equinox, the sun's path across the sky is a straight line from east to west, but away from the equator it isn't overhead; instead, it's tilted.<br /><br />The curves for winter and summer added up to spirals that spiraled in to circle a center area (solstice) and out again. On either side of the equinoxes, the curves were opposite- that was when the sun moved to the opposite side of the equinoctial path.<br /><br />I'm sorry I confused you, but in a way I'm glad because now I think I understand it better.=Tamarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-83559678257122822432011-10-24T17:40:36.549+01:002011-10-24T17:40:36.549+01:00'Nother try at explaining this thing - it is h...'Nother try at explaining this thing - it is helping me to remember the geography from way back.<br /><br />The sun is directly overhead at noon at the equinoxes on the equator. This is when it treats the whole planet the same from the point of view of day length. The rest of the year it is near-as-dammit overhead between the tropics which are the lines which mark the farthest north and south that it does overhead. This is the bit of the world that has very little variation in day length. It hits those lines at the solstices. When it is on the Tropic of Capricorn - the southerly one - they have maximum day length in the southern hemisphere, and that is when we get our shortest day, and also, because the sun is doing such a good job down under, it can't be seen at all above the Arctic Circle. <br /><br />It really does come down to who's turn it is to have it!jeanfromcornwallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10062674591619616456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-40749078584146697612011-10-24T17:21:59.097+01:002011-10-24T17:21:59.097+01:00I wish I could be with you and explain the solstic...I wish I could be with you and explain the solstice/equinox thing with a torch and an orange, the way my Mum did for me. It is so clear when you see it done with solid objects - she was a wonder at explaining things like that.<br /><br /> Mind you, I think I was a bit of a trial - she kept telling me the worst one I chucked at her was, aged four, sitting in the bath, "Mummy, what is electricity?"jeanfromcornwallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10062674591619616456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-70054876223391202532011-10-24T16:28:47.388+01:002011-10-24T16:28:47.388+01:00My friend very kindly translated your Chinese yarn...My friend very kindly translated your Chinese yarn washing instructions for you:<br /><br />This is an easy one. It’s just telling you that this is made of good natural wool by good advanced equipment which make you feel soft and comfy. Then it’s machine washable, insect resistant, no shrinkage, no yarn balls ( I don’t know the term of it. It’s those balls after rubbing and worn off ), soft , elegant and easy to take care of.<br /> <br />This is from China, I suppose as it’s in simple Chinese.<br /><br />Hope this helps!<br /><br />Beverly in NJAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com