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12 Days of Christmas- 5th January- Perseus

5/1/2022

 
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If I have worked my magic on the website then the spare Merino & Silk fibre from each 12 Days of Christmas parcel will be going in the online shop each day. This is the same base as all the other Superfine Merino & Silk fibre that's available, so you can mix and match with any other colour that's in stock, and also benefit from the same offer of "Buy any 2 and get the 3rd half price".
The whole range of fibre is available here.

The fibre this year has a theme of the Stars. In the northern hemisphere, at this darkest time of the year starlight can feel magical. Humanity has always looked to the heavens, and created stories around the patterns that they can see from these glowing balls of gas so far away from our own little planet.

If you fancy trying to find the stars linked to the fibre then there are some great apps that use the camera in your phone, assisted reality, and the internal compass to help you identify where to look.
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Perseus the Hero, saviour of Andomeda, is one of the most famous Greek Heroes. He was tasked to bring the head of Medusa the Gorgon as a wedding gift for King Polydectes, who was marrying Hippodameia. Secretly though the king lusted after Danaë, mother of Perseus, and this task was designed to lead to the death of Perseus, freeing Polydectes to marry Danaë.
Medusa had snakes for hair, and her gaze would turn humans to stone. Perseus was favoured b the gods, Athena gave him a bronze shield, Hephastus gave him a diamond sword, and Hades gave him a helmet of darkness that made him invisible. Aided by these Perseus was able to sneak up on Medusa whilst she slept and cut of her head, putting it in a bag to take back to Polydectes.
On his return home Perseus used the head as a weapon to aid him in his journey. He asked the hospitality of Atlas, who refused. Medusa's gaze turned him in to the mountains that now bare his name. He also used the head to allow him to marry Andromeda. She was already betrothed to Phineus, brother of Cepheus (Andromeda's Uncle). Phinneus challenged Perseus at the wedding feast, throwing a spear at Perseus. In response Perseus used the head to turn Phinneus to stone. He also used the head to transform the treacherous Polydectes.

12 Days of Christmas- 4th January- Draco

4/1/2022

 
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If I have worked my magic on the website then the spare Merino & Silk fibre from each 12 Days of Christmas parcel will be going in the online shop each day. This is the same base as all the other Superfine Merino & Silk fibre that's available, so you can mix and match with any other colour that's in stock, and also benefit from the same offer of "Buy any 2 and get the 3rd half price".
The whole range of fibre is available here.

The fibre this year has a theme of the Stars. In the northern hemisphere, at this darkest time of the year starlight can feel magical. Humanity has always looked to the heavens, and created stories around the patterns that they can see from these glowing balls of gas so far away from our own little planet.

If you fancy trying to find the stars linked to the fibre then there are some great apps that use the camera in your phone, assisted reality, and the internal compass to help you identify where to look.
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Draco, the dragon, features in many Greek myths in various forms. In his guise as the serpent Ladon, the serpent is tasked with looking after the Golden Apples that give immortality, growing in the garden of the Hesperides. The trees were a wedding gift to Hera, wife of Zeus, but she became angry when she discovered that the Hespirdes, daughters of Atlas, were picking and eating the apples. Knowing that Ladon prized anything gold she tasked him to guard the trees. 
Hera later tasked Heracles to retrieve some of the golden apples from the garden, hoping that Ladon would kill hi. Heracles however used a poisoned arrow to put Ladon to sleep, allowing Heracles to step over him, pick the apples, and escape unhurt. When Ladon awoke Hera placed him amongst the stars under the celestial apple tree of the Little Dipper, and it's golden apples,  the stars Polaris and Kochab. 

12 Days of Christmas- 3rd January- Cassiopea

3/1/2022

 
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If I have worked my magic on the website then the spare Merino & Silk fibre from each 12 Days of Christmas parcel will be going in the online shop each day. This is the same base as all the other Superfine Merino & Silk fibre that's available, so you can mix and match with any other colour that's in stock, and also benefit from the same offer of "Buy any 2 and get the 3rd half price".
The whole range of fibre is available here.

The fibre this year has a theme of the Stars. In the northern hemisphere, at this darkest time of the year starlight can feel magical. Humanity has always looked to the heavens, and created stories around the patterns that they can see from these glowing balls of gas so far away from our own little planet.

If you fancy trying to find the stars linked to the fibre then there are some great apps that use the camera in your phone, assisted reality, and the internal compass to help you identify where to look.
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Cassiopeia is the seated queen. It was her prideful boast about her beauty that so angered Poseidon and led to him creating Cetus to terrorise the oceans. On her death Zeus placed her in the heavens, maybe as a cautionary warning...
The Babylonians also identified the stars that we now call Cassiopeia, to them she was also a representation of a female form, representing Euphratean and Phoenician divinities. Back in 3,500 BCE Sumero-Akkadian cultures used this constellation to represent the Sun Goddess Kassêba.

12 Days of Christmas- 2nd January- Aquila

2/1/2022

 
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If I have worked my magic on the website then the spare Merino & Silk fibre from each 12 Days of Christmas parcel will be going in the online shop each day. This is the same base as all the other Superfine Merino & Silk fibre that's available, so you can mix and match with any other colour that's in stock, and also benefit from the same offer of "Buy any 2 and get the 3rd half price".
The whole range of fibre is available here.

The fibre this year has a theme of the Stars. In the northern hemisphere, at this darkest time of the year starlight can feel magical. Humanity has always looked to the heavens, and created stories around the patterns that they can see from these glowing balls of gas so far away from our own little planet.

If you fancy trying to find the stars linked to the fibre then there are some great apps that use the camera in your phone, assisted reality, and the internal compass to help you identify where to look.
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Aquila the Eagle is the bird of Zeus, carrying his thunderbolts which the god hurled at his enemies. However it's not just thunderbolts that the Eagle carried. Legend has it that Aquila snatched up Ganymede, the son of the King of Troy, Tros. The boy was beautiful, and are to serve as cup-bearer to the gods of Olympus. 

12 Days of Christmas- 1st January- Cepheus

1/1/2022

 
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If I have worked my magic on the website then the spare Merino & Silk fibre from each 12 Days of Christmas parcel will be going in the online shop each day. This is the same base as all the other Superfine Merino & Silk fibre that's available, so you can mix and match with any other colour that's in stock, and also benefit from the same offer of "Buy any 2 and get the 3rd half price".
The whole range of fibre is available here.

The fibre this year has a theme of the Stars. In the northern hemisphere, at this darkest time of the year starlight can feel magical. Humanity has always looked to the heavens, and created stories around the patterns that they can see from these glowing balls of gas so far away from our own little planet.

If you fancy trying to find the stars linked to the fibre then there are some great apps that use the camera in your phone, assisted reality, and the internal compass to help you identify where to look.
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By now we're pretty familiar with Cepheus and his role in the myth of Cetus, Andromeda and Perseus. "The King" constellation is one of the hardest to see as it doesn't contain any very bright stars. Before their redeignation as Cepheus this group  of stars was known as a Shepherd by early Akkadian star watchersBabylonians used part of this group to make a constellation in the shape of a Panther-griffon. This was a celestial manifestation of the Lord of the Underworld. 

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