Frontier Dreams: slowing down

Wednesday, November 18, 2015

slowing down

morning light

yarn dyed with dock seed from our home in Oregon

yarn drying in the moonlight

autumn window stars

fort building...or perhaps nest building since they were pretending to be magpies

our dock seed dyed yarn in the daylight

itchy belly (soothed with lavender essential oil mixed with coconut oil)

the current state of my desk

Things has slowed down around here. For the first time in my life I have been experiencing Braxton hicks contractions causing me to rest and relax more. I normally don't feel contractions until just a couple of hours before birth so this is new to me. Rest? Relax? How does one do that?! Nesting, homeschooling and urban homesteading don't really bring about idle time but I am learning to embrace it. The girls have been great sports about doing schoolwork with me in bed, even if it is less than ideal. K and I did manage to get a bit of yarn dyeing in. We made a dye bath from some yellow dock seed stocks we harvested a couple of years ago down the road from our house in Oregon. The baby will get something special knit with this Oregon love yarn.

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Jeanette · 488 weeks ago

I remember those days....had braxton hicks with a couple of mine. Time to slow down is good...and whats needed. I love that your hand dying such beautiful yarn for your new little one. Congratulations and you have a lovely family.

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Zena · 488 weeks ago

I love that beautiful quilt. How lovely to have dyed the yarn for your baby from a place you used to live in and love so much. Lovely story. You'll just have to rest. When I was pregnant I was so tired and sick and could hardly move and my five year was at his peak of activity and wanting to go go go outside. I had no family around and lived in the bush and it was tough but I just had to give in and rest.

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FrontierDreams 111p · 488 weeks ago

It makes such a difference when you don't have family or close friends nearby :( When I was pregnant with Little L in Oregon, friends would help keep the girls happy while I rested. It was such a blessing!

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jenlynheb 49p · 488 weeks ago

Love the color of the yarn. Sometimes life just asks that we slow down and savor our moments :)

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archer1955 21p · 488 weeks ago

Your home-dyed dock seed yarn is beautiful. Do you mind going over your recipe and process? What base yarn do you start with?

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FrontierDreams 111p · 488 weeks ago

oh yes! I plan on posting about it tomorrow ;)

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Ronnie · 488 weeks ago

Glad you are slowing down - it's so hard to do sometimes. I also had Braxton Hicks with baby #4 (and not with my older children)

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Shel · 488 weeks ago

I absolutely love your window stars! Do you have a book you use to make them? If so, I'd love to know which one so that we may make some for our house too! xo

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FrontierDreams 111p · 488 weeks ago

K and I love making window stars and find excuses to make them whenever we can :) I have a few window star books but our favorite by far is called Window Stars - http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0863152457/ref=a...

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Shel · 488 weeks ago

Thank you so much! I added it to the girls Christmas list! :)

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Amanda · 488 weeks ago

Those stars have inspired me to get our paper and get folding with the kids. Quick question for you, where did you get hat wonderful balance beam? I've been looking around for one, and even found a furniture plan to make th ewaldorf bench that reverses to a balance beam, but don't have a workshop 😕. If you have the source for yours I would really appreciate it!

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FrontierDreams 111p · 488 weeks ago

I hear you on the workshop :) I would so love to be able to make EVERYTHING myself. Maybe one day??? :D Our friends gave us that balance beam last Christmas and oh how we get a lot of use out of it! Such a huge help with the times tables!! It's this one here: http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/402629...

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