Catchers or, as they are also called, dreamcatchers - an attribute of Native American mythology, designed to weed out bad dreams and visions, giving way to pleasant dreams. This amulet is a circle filled with cobwebs, with a small round hole in the middle and feathers hanging down. How to make a dreamcatcher and what he symbolizes by himself can be learned from the information below.
There are three versions of the principle of action of the amulet. According to the first option, bad visions get stuck in the web, and good ones seep through the gap in the center. According to the second, both pleasant and depressing dreams become entangled in the interweaving of threads, but the former, knowing the correct path, go down feathers down to the head of the sleeping person, and the latter disappear under the first rays of the sun.
The third option says that bad visions fly through a small hole, mistaking it for a human ear, and good ones get stuck in a web, flowing through bird feathers to a dormant person. The latter option seems the most plausible, as it explains the need for holes in the web, and hanging feathers.
Native Indians made amulets of willow and horse veins, but in the modern world, many craftsmen prefer more common and convenient materials, such as metal or plastic hoops, hoops and cotton or linen threads.
If anyone is interested in how to make a dream catcher with your own hands, you can find out more about this below. An existing, but by no means the only way to make this accessory will be given here.
Since making a dream catcher without a foundation will be problematic, you will need a wireframe. In this case, a small metal hoop in the shape of a circle was taken. It is also desirable to find a leather cord for wrapping the warp and linen or cotton thread for weaving a web. For decoration, you can prepare wooden beads and beads.
Traditionally, eagle feathers were taken for the amulet intended for men, and owl feathers were selected for the female amulet. But today they don’t attach much importance to this: goose, cockerel, and any other feathers will do. The only important thing is that they belong to a living bird, since when removed from a dead creature they will carry bad energy within themselves.
So how to make a dream catcher, if you have all the necessary materials?
First you need to wrap the frame with a leather cord. When this operation is completed, weaving of the cobweb will begin. This is done as follows.
The thread is attached to the base and a loop is made, after which the amulet will subsequently be suspended from the head.
Then begins knitting the weave of threads as shown in the figures above. After the first round is completed, the process continues. The second row, like the subsequent ones, is no longer attached to the frame, but to the threads of the previous one. In the process of weaving, beads and beads can be strung on a string. Best of all, if the cord will not be interrupted throughout the web - then the paths along which dreams travel will not be interrupted.
When the web is completed, time will come for fixing feathers and final decoration. Now you know how to make a dream catcher, and you can give free rein to fantasy by creating a unique amulet.