Snowman and a healing doll of threads with their own hands

Our ancestors-Slavs attached great importance to household magic. They used the self-made doll-charm to be a magical attribute. Some dolls were made from thread, others - from motley scraps, from bast, clay and from other improvised materials that were in the house.

Since a doll of threads was made by own hands, it was played by children, the interior of the hut was decorated, she was considered a powerful magical assistant in the conduct of everyday life. Such amulets were made to help in personal and social life. Often dolls made of thread made by themselves for folk calendar holidays, for gifts or as magic symbols for the performance of a traditional rite, such as a wedding or the birth of a newborn. The doll was entrusted with the mission of the keepers of peace, prosperity, health and love in the house.

Health - a doll made of thread, made with his own hands

If someone in the house got sick, a doll-health was made, on which the healing function was assigned. Healing abilities were created by encouraging, healing thoughts and pronouncing kind words at the time when the doll was made of threads with their own hands. The sphere of her magical influence is help during illness.

More often than not, a doll made of linen was made from linen by hand because linen threads in the Slavic folk tradition have long been surrounded by a reverent halo, as a sacred, pure and mysterious natural raw material. With him were associated rituals that existed in the Russian outback. For example, gifts to the groom girlfriend girl surrounded by a specially spun bride severe linen thread. She spun it secretly on the stove, rotating the spindle backhand to the left and basting the thread too from the shoulder. Also secretly on this thread in different zones of the hut knots knitted: two - on the threshold, two - in the passage (also on the threshold), the last two - at the gate. The thread was divided in half, one part by the bride, the other by the groom. The belief was aimed at taking away from the evil forces the possibility of harm, since the thread was secretly made, and it was impossible to untie the knot-wards that had been consigned to good. Severe flax thread is also endowed with the ability to remove all "alarms" (fears) and "lessons" in the conspiracy process. Its sphere of competence is help during illness.

The technique of making dolls-health is as simple as possible, without decor. She is weaving a long braid. The doll is wrapped with one unbroken long thread of red color. On her chest - a red cross as a sign of protection and healing of ailments.

The process of making dolls should not be vain. On the contrary, the situation should be calm and benevolent, thoughts should be concentrated on the ill person for whom it is being done. At the same time, a candle may burn, and conspiracies may be read "on health", especially when weaving a long spit of a doll.

A gift should also be accompanied by a wish for health. The doll that has become a child is placed in the cradle. While he is playing it, the doll takes over his illness. After the recovery of the child or adult, the doll-health was burned.

Making a Snowman

Today out of the threads do not only dolls, amulets, but also simple toys of entertaining nature.

For example, multi-colored thread pom-poms can become a material for toys. So you can make a snowman yourself with threads. Do pom-poms for it by wrapping with threads of two folded cardboard round patterns with a hole in the center. After dense wrapping, the threads are cut by sliding the scissors into the gap between the two cardboard rings. Then the templates are moved apart and removed, and the bundle of cut threads is tightly fixed firmly with a stiff string. Then pompom equal scissors, giving it the shape of a ball. After manufacturing, three pompons can be connected in series together and, having decorated the face, get a funny snowman.