How to Make a Pentacle Dreamcatcher

It is believed that dreams both good and bad

float through the air all day and night searching for their

destination. While sleeping under a Dream catcher, one may

feel secure that bad dreams being confused and ill-intentioned

get caught in the web to perish with the first light of day,

while the good dreams, knowing the right way, easily slip through

the centre hole, work their way down the web catching all the

good energies of the stones and adornment, floating down the

feathers and onto the dreamers head. One never need fear bad

dreams again while sleeping under a smudged, or blessed

Dream catcher.

Dream catchers were made popular and are popular today in Native American Culture and belief. Most of these dream catchers look like spider webs, but there is no reason why another design cannot be used. Pagans and Wiccans may wish to use the pentacle (five point star), in its place. After all, the purpose of this implement is to snare nightmares, and any woven design will do this.

Some children are really frightened by bad dreams and it's difficult to rationalize or explain away such fright. One of the best ways to help a child cope is to hang a dream catcher above the head of the bed or the window nearest the bed.

Pentacle Dream Catcher

A pentacle dream catcher is not difficult to make and requires just the following, low cost materials, most of which may be found at Ebay, at bargain prices....

1. A wooden ring approximately 5" in diameter.

2. 4yds Suede Lacing x 1/8 inch.

3. Heavy thread, preferably different colours, to weave the design with.

4. 12 Pony Beads Colour 1

6 Pony Beads Colour 2

5. 8 Feathers

The colour scheme is entirely up to you.

You will also require: scissors, glue, a clothes peg.

Cut 8 ft. of the suede lacing. Glue one end of the lacing to the ring. Use a clothes peg to hold it in place until the glue dries. The clothes peg is a really good way to hold the lacing. Wrap the suede lacing around the ring until you reach the starting point again. Be careful not to twist the lacing. Glue the end of the lacing to the ring. Hold it in place with a clothes peg until the glue dries

To weave the pentacle, tie one end of the thread to the ring. Wind the thread around the opposite end of the ring three times at a slight angle from the original attachment, pulling it tight. This will be part of the left leg of the pentacle. Each time you attach the thread to the ring, wind it three times.

Now wind the thread about the ring a short distance from the first tying. Your design should look like an inverted V shape. Pulling the string to the left side of the ring, wind it about the ring a little more than halfway up the side. Adjust it until it looks like the lower angle of the cross arm of the pentacle. Now stretch the thread across to the opposite side and wind it about the ring. For the finishing angle, pull the thread back to the point of beginning.

If you carefully check the angle of the thread each time you prepare to wind it at the other point on the ring, you can adjust the design. Make a small loop at the top of the pentacle.

If you want to string beads on the thread, do so on each section before you wind the thread around the ring.

To make the hanging sections, cut three, 8" pieces of suede. Tie two 8" pieces of suede lacing about one third of the way up each side of the ring using a double knot. Slip a colour 1 pony bead, then a colour 2 pony bead, ending with a colour 1 pony bead onto each piece of lacing and secure with a knot.

Take the last 8" piece of lacing to attach to top middle of the ring, Slip three pony beads onto each piece of lacing: colour 1, colour 2, colour 1.

Finally push two feathers up inside the bottom beads on each piece of lacing. Glue the feathers if they are loose.

To Make Larger Sizes

12 inch rings needs approx. 7 yards of 1/8" suede lacing to bind it

9 inch ring needs 6 yards

6 inch ring needs 4 yards

Remember that you will need extra suede for the laces and hanger.

Dream catchers do work. They are symbols of personal control over your dreams. And the subconscious mind which creates dreams only understands symbols.