{"id":20105,"date":"2015-03-01T15:12:23","date_gmt":"2015-03-01T23:12:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/ClaireWolfe\/?p=20105"},"modified":"2019-06-11T11:28:06","modified_gmt":"2019-06-11T18:28:06","slug":"i-knit-a-dragon-while-attempting-to-stay-sane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/2015\/03\/01\/i-knit-a-dragon-while-attempting-to-stay-sane\/","title":{"rendered":"I knit a dragon while attempting to stay sane"},"content":{"rendered":"

You know how last week I went off in a huff<\/a>, unable to endure the stupid that blasts from the ‘Net these days like an old-fashioned Texas gusher?<\/p>\n

Well, I decided for sanity’s sake to knit a dragon. This dragon.<\/a><\/p>\n

Here it is on day one. That’s its head.<\/p>\n

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And. I was back online an hour after I huffed away. Sigh. Can’t win.<\/p>\n

‘Cause this dragon, though probably only of intermediate knitting difficulty, was beyond me and right away I had to look up how to do some of the stitches. (Books tell this, too, but I left the excellent Knitting For Dummies<\/i><\/a> with Joel when I left the gulch back in ought-10.)<\/p>\n

So much for offline resolve. It’s as Ellendra noted in comments: love the peacefulness, miss the resources. The Internet: can’t live with it; can’t live without it. Now double that for anybody who makes a living on line.<\/p>\n

But anyhow, I got my dragon done today. Here it is.<\/p>\n

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I’m thinking about giving it “fire breath” if I can find some flame-colored yarn. Could be a fun gift for a little kid.<\/p>\n

And here it is being worn. Sorry for the blurry pic.<\/p>\n

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Not quite sure what I’ll do next to stay sane.<\/p>\n

OMG, what if I run out of sanity-maintenance ideas?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

You know how last week I went off in a huff, unable to endure the stupid that blasts from the ‘Net these days like an old-fashioned Texas gusher? Well, I decided for sanity’s sake to knit a dragon. This dragon. Here it is on day one. That’s its head. And. I was back online an hour after I huffed away. Sigh. Can’t win. ‘Cause this dragon, though probably only of intermediate knitting difficulty, was beyond me and right away I had to look up how to do some of the stitches. (Books tell this, too, but I left the excellent…<\/p>\n

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