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Firey Dreamcatcher

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A third one for :iconartisancraft: and their current Creative Craft Challenge 'The Challenge You Missed' where they're bringing back all their previous challenges. This one is the dreamcatcher challenge - [link]

As a Wiccan we also have mythology about the dreamcatchers, and if I remember correctly it's very close if not identical to the original mythology. According to what I was taught, nightmares are caused by curses and evil spirits that are either sent to a specific person or are overflow from summoning rituals and just kind of wander to the nearest person. So we make dreamcatchers by hand, and the more tangled the strings the better chance it'll hold the beings that cause them. Beads and feathers also help to attract them so that they'll get tangled, for they find shiny things more attractive than people. That bead in the center is a special design that also helps to give out positive energies, which will attract the spirits.

Anyway, this was made using a plastic crochet hoop, faux suede in 3 colors, glass hand blown beads from an old necklace, ceramic beads and a craft feather. Also super glue and hot glue. I basically followed this tutorial to start, then tangled up the strings and added my own flair - [link]

I don't know if I'll make more of these, maybe if there's enough interest. I have another crochet hoop and some plastic cord that might work better, so we'll see.

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