Frontier Dreams: Keep Calm Craft On {crafting on}

Tuesday, August 19, 2014

Keep Calm Craft On {crafting on}

The act of creating, in one form or another, preserves my sanity amongst the chaos of life. This explains why I always have more than one project going at a time as well as why my housework tends to fall behind. I enjoy seeing what others are working on and keeping calm with, too. What are you creating? What is keeping you going? Snap a picture or two and share it with the rest of us by leaving your link below.

I thought I would spare you yet another rainbow dress photograph after posting three of them last week, and instead share another Christmas gift in the works - a dragon balaclava for Little L. The (free!) pattern is for a simple balaclava but I am hoping to make it look like a dragon with spikes and ears. Little L would go bonkers for something like that. I asked him what color he thinks dragons are and he said green. The yarn above looks like a good dragon green to me. What do you think?

What are you working on?! Happy creating!

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Jamie · 554 weeks ago

I have been working on the same hat for my kids. I am probably half way done with my first one for my son.....but ran out of yarn. The rest of the yarn is on the way in the mail, but it is on hold until I get it. We live in the mountains in PA and it was our first winter here last year and we were not prepared for the cold!! Hoping to do better this year!

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FrontierDreams 111p · 553 weeks ago

Oh us, too! The winter here in Idaho is so bitter cold. We were not expecting that at all!

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Ali · 554 weeks ago

That yarn is definitely dragon colour. I bet little L will be thrilled and running around the house breathing fire on everyone with his dragon balaclava. Thanks for hosting once again.
Ali xx

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Stacey · 554 weeks ago

Oh, that will be so cute! I can't wait to see little L in the finished product. Beautiful yarn, very dragonish.

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justsimplymolly 42p · 554 weeks ago

I just picked up the yarn for this years Martinmas gifts! Henry's color of choice is green this year too. He's requested a "dragon hat" as well, but wants a picture of a dragon on the hat instead. =)

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amanda · 554 weeks ago

That is beautiful yarn, and such a great idea for it! This spring, I made a Hitchhiker shawl with a yarn this same color and called my my Smaug scarf because it reminded me of a dragon. Good choice!

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FrontierDreams 111p · 553 weeks ago

Oh how funny! I am glad to know I am not the only one that thought "dragon" with this colorway!

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karen · 554 weeks ago

spikes and ears! Now that would be the perfect present to unwrap--love the yarn you chose!

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Lucy Bowen · 554 weeks ago

That yarn will make a brilliant dragon - can't wait to see it!

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Brienne · 554 weeks ago

Nicole, that sounds so cool with the spikes and all! I eagerly await the result:) Take care this week. Thanks for hosting.

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Zauberflink · 554 weeks ago

This will be such a hit! The colour is perfect and I' sure you will get a lot of hissing and fire spitting in your house soon ;-)

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Michele · 553 weeks ago

Nicole, Love love love this variegated green color and you’re knitting is always exquisite so I'm sure the balaclava will be beautiful. I have a genuine question if I may and I hope it doesn’t sound unsupportive as thats not my intention at all. Per my Catholic upbringing I can’t help associate dragons with the devil / evil and in my discomfort with them have encouraged my boy to identify with knights (St. George or St. Micheal) instead of the dragon which was his inclination after he was first introduced to the Michaelmas festival at school. Well actually he was enamored with swords first thing but soon after asked to be a dragon for Halloween. When I asked a Waldorf teacher for her thoughts on Halloween costumes for children she told me that aside from certain exceptions we should ask ourselves if we want to encourage our child to explore their higher or lower natures. These are just innocent children so I don’t think anything truly sinister comes of dragon costumes but I can’t help but wonder about these things that trouble me and would love to hear your thoughts on evoking these images? I haven't encouraged pirate play either although another Waldorf teacher once told me that boys tend to obsess with either pirate or knight play depending on which they are exposed to first so that was another reason.

On a related note I ended up sharing the St. George story with my boy from a book that had an ugly weak cowering cowardly dragon (The Children’s Book of Virtues by William J Bennett) instead of another book whose dragons were more powerful grand looming beasts (St. George & the Dragon illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman, a beautifully illustrated Caldecott winner). Well the latter’s images were too graphic for my Kindergartener as well so that was another reason that didn’t feel right. I could tell he was disappointed or unimpressed with how the dragon was portrayed in the Virtues book.

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noel · 479 weeks ago

Desperately looking for the balaklava pattern which I am half way through and have lost my print out and now can't find it anywhere on your blog because you seem to have updated since I printed it. Making it for grandson's birthday which is fast approaching. Please guide me on how I can find it. Thank you so very much.

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