https://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/dreamcatcher-2 • Posted by Kristine
All of these materials were found in my backyard. You can use almost anything to decorate the dreamcatcher: feathers, seashells, vines, leafs, and beads.
All of these materials were found in my backyard. You can use almost anything to decorate the dreamcatcher: feathers, seashells, vines, leafs, and beads.
Collect all of your materials. I got all of mine from my backyard and around my house.
Take the grapevine and cut all of the leafs and stems off.
Take the grapevine and bend it into a circle, any size. Twist the remaining vine around itself.
Continue adding more and more vine to the circle.
It should look like this when you are done and should hold quite well.
Using hemp or any other kind of string(I used green hemp for this one), tie a knot. It's hard to tell how much string you are going to need so just cut a long piece, you can always add more on later.
From the knotted part, loop the string over the top and across.
Continue to make these loops about every inch or so.
When you have went all the way around it should look like this.
From here you are going to take the string and loop it through the first loop in the beginning. The knot will be the same thing as step 7.
Like this...
Continue to do the same thing.
It should begin to build up like this.
When you are done, knot the end and cut off the rest of the string.
Add string on the bottom to add feathers and other stuff. I also added string at the top so I could hang up my dreamcatcher.
Decorate the dreamcatcher anyway you want! (I used beads, feathers and swirly vines.)
The dreamcatcher is still fragile at this point. It will take a while to dry, but just hang it up and let it catch your bad dreams.