How to make a dream catcher with your own hands

2024 Author: James Gerald | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 14:00

Dreamcatcher is an ancient amulet of North American Indians that protects sleeping people from evil spirits. Initially, the talisman looked like a complex interweaving of deer veins, rigid threads worn on a willow ring, and interwoven multi-colored feathers of eagles, owls and falcons - it was believed that they convey the properties of birds. According to legend, the catcher keeps bad dreams in his web and lets good dreams through the middle slot. In addition, the amulet can also be a wonderful decoration for the bedroom.

If you make a dream catcher with your own hands, it will acquire special significance and energy. Therefore, before starting work, it is important to completely get rid of negative thoughts and prepare for the good.

Necessary materials

Today there are no strict rules of what materials and what type to make a dream catcher. To create the right amulet, you just need to adhere to the basic technology. So, you will need:

The diameter of the ring can be different, but the most convenient size for training is 15 centimeters.

1. Ring. This can be a wooden or metal hoop, the inside of a hoop, a tin lid rim, or a twisted willow rod. The diameter of the ring can also be different, but the most convenient size for training is 15 centimeters.

2. Leather cord. But it can be replaced with a decorative fabric lace or braid, leather strips or thick threads. The diameter of the cord is 1-2 millimeters, the length is about 12 meters.

3. Strong thick threads. You can use absolutely any, but still preferable threads from natural materials. Mouline threads or mercerized yarns work well.

4. Beads. In your work, you can use all sorts of trifles lying idle in your house: buttons, beads, figurines, bells.

5. Feathers. The easiest option is to open the pillowcase and grab chicken feathers. But now, in many creative stores, you can find whole sets of beautiful decorative feathers. By the way, there you can also buy special spring mounts for attaching the pen to the thread, but you can do without them.

6. Tools: transparent quick-drying glue, crochet hook, thick needle, scissors.

Manufacturing technology

1. Secure the cord by tying it around the hoop, leaving an end 15 centimeters long. Take the other end of the cord and wrap it around the hoop. To make it easier to work, roll the long end into a small hank. Make sure that the cord is well pulled tight and fits snugly.

The smaller the distance between the half-nodes, the more cobweb circles you will get later.

2. Wrap the whole hoop in this way, tie the ends tightly. Cut off the excess cord, leaving another 15 centimeters long ponytail.

3. Tie the thread tightly near the knot from the cord.

4. After 3-4 cm after the beginning, make a half-knot around the hoop: wrap the thread around the hoop, thread it into the formed loop and tighten. The smaller the distance between the half-nodes, the more cobweb circles you will get later.

5. Make the same half-knots at equal distances throughout the hoop. The distance between the end and the beginning should be slightly less.

6. Now make a half-knot again, but this time wrap the thread not around the hoop, but around the thread itself, which was pulled in step 4.

7. Repeat step 6 in a circle. String the beads onto the thread as you weave.

8. Thus, going in a circle and reducing the distance between the knots, weave a cobweb. To make it easier and faster, you can use a crochet hook closer to the center. The loops will gradually get smaller and converge into a circle about the size of a finger. Pull this circle so that the mesh is aligned, tie the thread in a knot, carefully cut and brush with a thin layer of glue.

9. In step 2, we left one side of the 15cm ponytails. Now cut twice 30 centimeters of the cord and tie them on the opposite side of the amulet and below.

Tie knots to prevent the beads from slipping down.

10. String the beads onto the cord. Tie one end to the feather. If you decide to do without a special attachment, then just fold the end of the cord and the feather next to it and wrap them tightly with a thin wire or thread. The bonding point can be hidden with a large bead. You can also string a large bead on the other end. Tie knots to prevent the beads from slipping down.

11. Repeat the same for the other lengths of cord. At the bottom, you can tie another thread and string small beads on it.

12. Cut off another piece of cord. Pass it through the top of the hoop and tie the ends. Rotate the cord so that the knot is at the bottom. Fold the loop in half and tie the knot close to the hoop. Thread a bead with a large hole on the loop folded in half and make another knot. The dream catcher is ready.

Variations

When creating a dream catcher, you do not need to limit your imagination - during the work you can use materials of a wide variety of textures and colors, multi-colored or transparent beads of any shape. You can insert another small ring in the middle of the amulet, make a catcher with one cobweb inside another, or make it multi-tiered. You can completely lower all the threads with beads or use your own thread color for each tier. The number of tiers can also be very different. Just get creative and get creative!

Where to place the dream catcher

When the dreamcatcher is ready, it remains to hang it correctly. It is logical that it should be placed as close as possible to the bed on which you sleep. Most often, the catcher is hung at the head of the bed, but there are other suitable places.

Most often, the catcher is hung at the head of the bed, but there are other suitable places.

On the bedside lamp, the dream catcher will be in your line of sight and perfectly protect from nightmares. If the interior of the bedroom allows, then the amulet can be placed on the wall near the bed.

Some believe that evil spirits enter through the door, so it makes sense to place a barrier right at the entrance to the bedroom, placing the catcher on the door. You can also hang the amulet on furniture, but as close as possible to the sleeping place.

Let the dream catcher let you sleep peacefully and bring the most pleasant dreams! And if you want to remember a dream, you just need to touch the amulet.