YARN MOTANKA DOLL

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Dolls-motanka are not just toys created for children's games. These are amulets. They can be found in any culture of the world. Historians claim that the first appeared more than five centuries ago. Such dolls differ from ordinary ones in that they have no face. According to the legends of the ancient Slavs, a soul is instilled into the doll through the face, and it can be either good or evil. Motanks were made to protect homes and family members. They guarded housing, children, guarded the economy, livestock and crops. The material for the manufacture was natural. Puppets, as a rule, were prettified with national ornaments and embroidery. People believed that in this amulet the spirit of ancestors lives, capable of transferring experience from generation to generation. That this apotropheus is able to bring luck and profit. There are many ways to make motanka. This master class describes an example of making a doll from yarn.
To make a motanka doll you will need:

- acrylic yarn in two colors;
- hard cardboard or book;
- scissors;
- glue or glue gun;
- cardboard for the base;
- decor (ribbons, beads, beads, etc.);
- small pieces of cloth for clothes.
Product creation steps:
Create a torso
The height of the body depends on the height of the base (cardboard or book). We take the book and wind the yarn.
After winding a sufficient amount, we cut the thread with scissors on one and the other side of the book.

Create hair.
The hair will be long, so we use the same basis for winding the threads. We wind the yarn. Cut on the one hand.

Tightly bind a bundle of threads in the middle. We smooth in half. We knit around as close to the edge as possible.

Create a head.
Around a bundle of yarn for creating hair, we evenly distribute previously prepared yarn for the doll's body. Tightly bind. Carefully trim the edges with scissors. For a more confident fixation, you can apply glue.

We turn the resulting bunch and select the hair in one direction, and the body in the other. Hair can be tied so as not to interfere. Later, they can be braided or styled in a hairstyle.

We tighten and fix the yarn forming the head and neck.

We form hands.
We wind the yarn of the color of the body on the basis of a slightly smaller amount. Cut on both sides. Tighten on the one hand, as tight as possible. We braid the braid. We fix it.

We divide the doll’s blank yarn into two equal parts. We put our hands in the middle and tightly fix the thread around the circumference.
In order for the doll to stand, it must be planted on a rigid base with a glue gun. To do this, make a cone out of cardboard or plastic.

The doll is ready. It remains to dress and decorate her. Your imagination plays a role here. In this case, it is a shiny fabric in the form of a mesh, fixed with a canvas of the corresponding color. Hair styled with a bead cord. Decorated with a suit and hairstyle with flowers. You can dress the doll in a national costume or a modern trend. So that she is not lonely - create a couple.