Spiders are also a symbol of protection and comfort, hence why dreamcatchers are themed around them. In some Native American cultures, spiders symbolise energy, wisdom and learning. Traditional dream catchers are made with eights points that attach to the hoop and these are meant to represent the eight legs of a spider. Whichever way you believe they work the overlying message is the same – they’re hung above the beds of sleeping children to ward off bad dreams. Some people interpret this the other way around, with good dreams getting caught in the web and trickling down the hanging ribbons while the bad dreams float through the middle and out the window. When the morning light hit the bad dreams caught in the web, they’d be burned and disappear and the cycle would start again the next night. Good dreams would pass through the middle and down the hanging ribbons and feathers to the sleeping child below. They’re designed to be like sticky spiderwebs, by catching nasty things in their net and not letting them go. When I was a kid I was taught that they caught bad dreams before they reached you, which was obviously super appealing because nightmares are pretty bloody awful. I’ve always been fascinated by dreamcatchers. I would have loved to have known how to make a dreamcatcher back then but alas the internet didn’t exist so I’d have to wait a good decade before I could search for tips on how to do this. From the 60s onwards in America, they were sold as ‘native crafts’ and slowly began to become popular around the world. They were traditionally made and used in some Native American cultures and were usually made from willow twigs, twine, beads, shells and feathers. Most kids of my era had them and they were sold at stores like Inner Harmony and Solstice (popular New Age stores in Australia during the 90s). How To Crochet In The Round Amigurumi StyleĪs a child of the 90s, I had a purple feathered dreamcatcher hanging above my bed.How To Single Crochet Decrease (Sc dec or Sc2tog).How To Single Crochet Increase (Sc inc).

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