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The distortion of Slavic symbols is extremely annoying! Especially often there is a statement that our idol Rozhana has a symbol of Mokosh, but Mokosh has no idea what it is. We have been working on creating idols for 5 years now and have thoroughly studied their symbols and signs of their combination.
This article wouldn’t exist, but they’re trying to teach us! And here the fault lies with unscrupulous sites selling Slavic silver amulets. And then it turned out that, in their opinion, the symbol of a sown field is a symbol of Mokosh. That's horrible! We have to put up with the fact that many of today's symbols are pulled to the ears of the Gods. But not many symbols are reliably known from sources. For example, this is Gromovnik - the symbol of Perun, the Sown Field - the symbol of Lada, and the symbol of Mokosh. So, as it turned out, 50% of Rodnovers are confused symbols of Mokosh and Lada. This is an unacceptable mistake! You can’t be so wrong about the fundamental Slavic female symbols! Since these are idols and symbols, they will not work, or they will have a different meaning than what you needed!
A lot is known about the Mokosh symbol, and it is completely clear to us where such an error came from.
Makosh, as the main Mythological character who predicts, or rather creates, fate, has a huge number of variations of symbols in embroidery! And here it is just clear how we know about its symbol. So, the Mokosh symbol is a whole complex of images. In the center is Makosh herself with her hands down, on her sides are two moose cows, her daughters Dolya and Nedolya, and in Mokosh’s crown is woven the symbol of a sown field. But it is not fundamental in the complex. It does not occur in a dominant number of variations. But he is. Here, most likely, the fact that Makosh is a female symbol plays a role and the most common female symbol is the Sown Field, which also denotes pregnancy. That is why this symbol is found in women's embroidery, since according to Slavic tradition, during pregnancy, a woman had to wear ritual clothing with the symbol of a sown field. And if a woman chose Makosh as her patroness, then it becomes natural to weave this symbol into a complex of images - symbols of the Goddess Mokosh.
But still, the symbol of a sown field is considered the main one for God Lada. It’s not for nothing that her name is Lada Bogoroditsa. This goddess personifies women's happiness, peace and harmony in the home. That is why references to this symbol have been preserved in the context of the Goddess Lada.
But as I wrote in one of the articles, the symbol of a sown field is, after the Kolovrat, naturally, the most common in Rus'. Therefore, it is not surprising that the use of this symbol is so widespread. This symbol is considered to be the goddess Mother Raw Earth and the cycle of symbols of God Chur. But some know-nothings went further and suddenly made it the main symbol of the goddess Mokosh.
I think this article provides a comprehensive explanation of why it cannot be argued that the symbol of a sown field is the main one for the Goddess Mokosh.

The Slavic goddess Makosh (Mokosh, arbiter of fate, supreme spinner, Makosha) patronizes women's magic (witchcraft), needlework, sacred wells are in her sphere of influence. She respects hard work with perseverance, she sends Srecha (luck) to such people.

Goddess of fate - Makosh

The main patroness of fate has 2 assistants (Share with Nedolya). If Dolya is shaking the ball, a person’s life is smooth and successful, but if Nedolya gets down to business, even the simplest achievements are difficult.

Place in the pantheon

The goddess Makosh was held in high esteem by the ancient Slavs. Idols of Makosh were present in all pantheons. Near the chura there was always a well, into which the victims intended for the patroness of fate were thrown. Also, her image was present on all springs and wells.

Makosh personifies the feminine principle.

The idol was carved from a birch tree, usually aspen. The head was always decorated with a kikoy (headdress), and in Mokoshi’s hands a fertility horn, a spinning wheel or ears of corn were depicted. The idol Makosh is the only female idol located in the Slavic pantheons along with other revered gods.

According to Slavic mythology, she was considered the goddess of fate, women's handicrafts, magic and fertility. According to some myths, she had no relatives among the gods. According to other legends, she was the wife of Veles (they had 2 daughters: Dolya and Nedolya). There are legends where the great goddess is the wife of Svarog.

The lower hypostasis is Baba Yaga (guardian of the Navi world and magic).

Bloody sacrifices were not made to the mothers of the gods. When contacting the goddess, they presented items of their own handicraft (balls, spinning wheels, clothes and linens with embroidery), and silver coins.

Attributes

The Slavic goddess Makosh is an image of femininity, motherhood, and patience. Patron of women's happiness. Each attribute of the goddess has its own sacred meaning and can be used as a talisman.

• Plant: linen;
• animals: cow(moose), cat;
• items: spindle, tow;
• metal: silver;
• day of the week: Friday;
• rune: "There is"
• stone: moonstone and rock crystal.

Cross stitch pattern for the Makosh amulet

The image of the Slavic goddess is the image of a beautiful older woman. She was not depicted as young (like Lada), but she was not in the form of an old woman (like Mara), which corresponds to the image of her mother.

Symbol

The sign of the goddess Makosh is an anti-salt. It refers to the solar sign meaning continuous movement. Curved 4 rays personify destiny, which does not stand still, but changes under the influence of circumstances and moves only forward. The Slavic goddess Mokosh is subject to life in all its manifestations: past, present and future.

All destinies are intertwined with others and at a certain period of time can have a different vector. The power of the goddess is aimed at maintaining harmony, balance and femininity.

The symbol symbolizes the infinity of the movement of life and the various interweaving of the destinies of different people into one canvas.

The Makosh symbol cannot be used as amulets for warriors. She is a concentration of creative energy. Has nothing to do with military affairs.

Each ray of the symbol has its own meaning: body, soul, spirit, conscience. The harmony of the internal and external world gives a feeling of happiness and well-being.

Another symbol of the pagan goddess is the field sign, consisting of 4 squares.

In Slavic culture, fertility and the birth of a large number of children were revered.

Amulet

A talisman with the Makosh symbol has the following powers:

• helps you decide your destiny and not give up when faced with problems;
• protects against failure and disaster, provided that the person is hardworking and does not lose heart;
• helps develop intuition and magical abilities (if any).

The amulet reminds you not to give up. Just as the threads of fate can change direction and intertwine in the most unpredictable ways, so a person must look for a way out of any situation.

The Slavic goddess of fate perceives life as a whole, taking into account the past, present and future. Each person will face a test in the form of dark stripes and a reward in the form of light stripes. Every action has its reflection on the canvas of fate. If a person has committed evil, there is a high probability that it will return to him in the future.

Talisman embroidery

Makosh protective embroidery is performed on paintings, clothes or handbrake. It should be performed on the waxing moon and on the full moon. Such a talisman attracts wealth and good luck to the home.

Important: You should create the amulet in a good mood. Embroidery created in despondency and discontent will have no power.

The goddess herself should be embroidered; the sign of a field (or a sown field) is depicted instead of the face or above the head. The spindle is a mandatory attribute of embroidery. It is advisable to depict ears of corn - a symbol of fertility.

Amulet color:

• background - white with a green frame or green;
• the image of Makosh and her attributes is in red;
• flowers can be embroidered in blue.

After making the amulet, you can sprinkle it with water from a well or spring, which will increase the power of the talisman. If it is a painting, it is hung in a prominent place. Clothes with Mokosh embroidery have protective powers.

Who is the amulet suitable for?

The Makosh amulet was originally intended for women. She patronizes femininity, motherhood and magic.

For children, the amulet provides protection from negative energy and strengthens the connection with the family.

However, it may be suitable for a man to acquire inner peace, balance, or develop the skills of intuitive sense, or master magical rituals.

If a person gives up, the mother of cheese earth becomes despondent and can send a dashing one-eyed person or failure.

Amulet doll – Makosh. A required attribute is a tangle of fate.

To protect your home, you can use a talisman in the form of a Makosh doll. a mandatory attribute of which is a spindle and tow.

Amulet Makosh and Lunnitsa

Makosh is also considered the main amulets for women. Both Slavic symbols help maintain women's health and attractiveness. A pregnant girl can carry and give birth to a healthy baby. These Slavic amulets protect the family hearth and all family members from negative energy. They attract good luck and prosperity to the home.

The combination of these amulets enhances the effect, but does not give a new meaning.

Holidays

The goddess of female destiny was honored every Friday. It was especially revered on Friday during the full moon. In the modern world, the tradition has not been preserved. The image of the patroness of needlework was projected onto the Christian Paraskeva Friday.

Makosh is the patroness of housekeeping and handicrafts, the ruler of destinies. This is a talisman for the Mistress of the house; it brings joy, prosperity and abundance to the house. It gives its owner good health, the ability to efficiently and happily run a household, reveals culinary talent (which, without a doubt, every Woman has, but many simply sleep), as well as a talent for any female handicraft. Among other things, the amulet endows its Mistress with strong intuition and the gift of foresight (it is not for nothing that the heavenly spinner Makosh is also the Goddess of human destiny).

This amulet does not have to be carried with you, it is more homemade. While at home, he extends his influence not only to the Mistress, but also to all family members, and brings wealth, prosperity and abundance to the house.

There are no very strict rules in making amulets, you have to feel it yourself, which threads to choose may change the design a little. For example, Makrsh is embroidered on a green background (the colors in the embroidery are green and yellow). If you don’t want it on a green background, then at least add a green frame or make a green pattern, you can also embroider with melange yellow thread, you can choose green or light green canvas, you can sew up the background with green crosses.. in general, listen to your heart!! And most importantly - POSITIVE THOUGHTS!! This is one of the most important conditions!! Do not embroider if you are tired, irritated, upset or sick! When embroidering, think about your family, children, home comfort and everything that makes you happy and pleasant.

Makosh is embroidered on the waxing moon, very preferably on the 10th or 14th lunar day; the exact time of the beginning and end of the lunar day can be found on the lunar calendar. ANDso these days you need to make a couple of crosses, the rest of the work can be embroidered at any other time, the main thing is to be healthy, in a good mood and positive thoughts

By the way, about critical days, should I embroider or not? There is no definite answer here, if nothing bothers you, you feel good and want to embroider, embroider; if you feel excessively irritable, it is better to put off work.

So while we have preparatory stage.

1. Embroidery of the Makosh amulet should begin on the 10th or 14th lunar day.

2. We prepare green canvas and yellow threads (melange or yellow of different shades), since Makosh is embroidered on a green background with yellow threads or white canvas and a green frame - as it turns out)).

3. Here are some patterns for Mokosha embroidery (the patterns are clickable so that the cells are even better visible).

4. Choose a pattern and mark the outline into 10 by 10 squares using a marker or basting. Usually this is done so that you can embroider from any place, for example, with threads of the same color in different places (in our case this is not entirely necessary, but we do everything correctly and perfectly, right?), and also: when the outline is marked - you are now guaranteed not to make a mistake with the number of crosses, and following the pattern becomes very easy. Spend one evening, but embroidering will be easy and enjoyable!

And of course, when we start working on embroidery, we are filled with feminine energy, love, good mood and great well-being!!

Girls, here are my other tips before you start embroidering:

1. important addition for beginners: I suggest that to make it easier to learn the perfect reverse side, choose the basic pattern of the goddess in the center, as in picture 3 or 4 - where the entire goddess is sewn with crosses. And around it you can add elements that you want (either spikelets, or cornflowers, or birds) - as your heart desires. And then you will have a completely unique amulet!

2. The needle for embroidery should not be very thick - No. 26 or 24 is best.

3. It is best to embroider with an even number of threads - 2 or 4. It’s just that when embroidering with an odd number - 1 or 3 threads - securing the thread is a little more difficult and more tedious. But we need positive emotions, right? Why complicate your life?

4. Choose a canvas with holes (Aida) for embroidery; on a canvas with a uniform weave of threads, you may get a little confused if you are not used to it.

There are also clarifications on the diagrams - on some Makosh stands on a wavy line (more often this is used to indicate water), it is recommended to place Makosh on a sown field or just the ground (straight line)

I will post the lessons that I had (schematic) and how I embroider the amulet with step-by-step photos.

Let's start embroidery with the head of the goddess. To simplify the work, I take the goddess from diagram 4. Let's start embroidering from the inside of the head - where the yellow color is lighter.1. To secure the thread, take one thread from the skein (or 2 threads, if we embroider in 4 threads) and fold it in half - on one side you get a loop, on the other - two tails. Thread two tails through a needle:

2. We pass the needle under the threads of one cross (in the center) on the FRONT SIDE of the product.

3. It turns out to be such a loop. We thread a needle through it and tighten it:

Since we embroider from top to bottom (in this case), we stick the needle into the TOP hole and bring the needle out to the wrong side:

From the inside out, insert the needle into the BOTTOM hole and make the first stitch from bottom to top:

and make the first stitch (half-cross) from bottom to top diagonally:

it turned out to be a half cross

Again, insert the needle from the inside out into the bottom hole (right under the one into which the needle was inserted).

Thus, we sew in accordance with the pattern of 5 half-crosses:

Having finished the first row, we begin the second, it will already be embroidered from top to bottom:

We follow the pattern, there are also 5 crosses, we embroider a row:

After 5 half-crosses are embroidered, we bring the needle to the front side, into the hole, which is directly ABOVE the place of the last puncture from the wrong side, you should get a vertical stitch):

We close the last cross of the second row, and go to the 3rd row, according to the scheme we have 3 crosses.

We embroider half-crosses again:

After completing the last half-cross, we bring the needle to the front side (don’t forget, right under the last hole, there should be a vertical strip on the wrong side):

and embroider the 4th row from top to bottom:

We embroider the last cross of the row, bringing the needle to the front side:

Then, in those that are 5.

When all the crosses are closed,

We bring the needle to the front side:

And we stretch the thread under 3-4 crosses on the front side:

Then we stretch the thread a little and cut it with scissors as close to the cross as possible.

Well, I hope the principle is clear? In a nutshell, we sew crosses one by one, filling the pattern first with half-crosses, and then we go back, as if “closing” them.

What we embroidered is very similar to a triangle, only each row is doubled. Here is a description from the book I studied from:

During the times of Slavic paganism, one of the most revered goddesses was Makosh - a talisman with her symbol was embroidered on clothes, the Great Mother was worshiped near springs and made requests regarding family happiness and well-being. Modern women are also able to appreciate how useful and powerful such a talisman can be.

In the article:

Makosh - a talisman of the Slavic goddess

The Makosh amulet was used by representatives of the fair sex back in the days when our ancestors professed paganism. From time immemorial, it was considered a female symbol that protected a woman from troubles, bestowed family happiness, prosperity at home, harmony in relationships with her spouse, and the well-being of children.

Makosh- a goddess who was revered not only by women. She was responsible not only for family happiness, but also patronized farmers. This goddess personifies the fertile earth, she is what gives life to all living things and can be restored in the spring, after a cold winter that is deadly for all living things. Makosh is the Great Mother, the giver of life.

In the old days, she was worshiped near springs and wells, some of which are considered shrines to this day. At the same time, yarn was donated to the goddess. She was considered a brilliant weaver, but she did not spin threads, but the destinies of all people living on Earth. In this, Mokosh is helped by two sisters - Dolya and Nedolya, who, with the help of threads and scissors, measure the life span and fate of people in general.

According to legend, Makosh sometimes walks around the world in the guise of a young girl with long flowing hair. She asks those she meets along the way - do they observe the traditions of their ancestors? If a person lives in accordance with the ancient covenants and has a clear conscience, she sends the goddess of luck Srecha to such a person. And if he has forgotten about his roots and does not honor his ancestors, Makosh will send to him Dashing One-Eyed, Nesrecha and Difficult, who will bring him difficulties until the person remembers the behests of his ancestors.

In addition, Makosh was considered the patroness of crossroads. Her cult was widespread, unlike Perun, who was more revered during the war. In general, Makosh is the goddess of femininity, life and fertility, the archetype of the Great Mother, as well as the creator of human destinies. During early Christianity, it began to be identified with Holy Paraskeva Friday.

Mokosh symbol for amulet - meaning

The meaning of the Makosh amulet makes it more suitable for women than for men. Initially it was, but sometimes it was also worn by farmers whose income depended on fertility. However, it was the woman who was considered the receptacle of creativity, the keeper of the hearth and the creator of life.

In the old days, the Slavic amulet Makosh was embroidered on the clothes of little girls. Unmarried girls also revered this goddess and asked her for happiness in family life. Married women wore the amulet of the Slavic goddess Mokosha to receive her help during childbirth, as well as a prosperous family life and harmony in relationships with their spouse.

The Makosh amulet is perfect for any girl. It can be given to a little daughter for protection from evil people and other troubles. An unmarried girl will find her betrothed faster and grow up to be a good housewife if she wears such an amulet. After marriage, it is worth wearing to promote family happiness and prosperity. It also helps pregnant women, facilitating childbirth and promoting the birth of a healthy baby.

Since Makosh was also considered the patroness of female witchcraft, if you are interested in the occult or simply want to develop your intuition, it is worth acquiring such a talisman, as well as studying more about the cult of this goddess - she will help you find your way.

The meaning of the Mokosh symbol is often compared to a sown field - when everything is ready for harvesting, all that remains is to make an effort and get what you need. The four parts of this field can also represent the four elements, as well as the main components of man according to the Slavs - Conscience, Spirit, Soul and Body.

Amulet Makosh - how to embroider the symbol of the Slavic goddess

If you don’t really like embroidery and handicrafts in general, you can simply buy jewelry or clothes with the Mokosh sign. It is advisable that the jewelry be made of silver. It will have to, but more on that below.

If you want to make a talisman with your own hands, you should remember that the embroidery will look different from the pendant. It is customary to embroider Makosh herself, and the symbol should either depict her head or be located above it. Makosh is always depicted with a spindle; this is an invariable attribute of the goddess.

Embroidering the Mokosh sign, the significance of which in the role of women cannot be exaggerated, relies on the waxing moon or the full moon. This goddess does not like people who are weak in spirit and tired of life, so it is advisable to be in a joyful and happy mood. While embroidering, you should not tie knots or cut threads with scissors. In the process, you can read the conspiracy addressed to Mokosh:

You are a goy, Mother Makosh! Mother Makosh, a joy to all people! Sanctify my share! Remove grief and all misfortune and torment from the path! My thread is even, and my share is full of happiness! Both in the field and in the house!

If you like to do handicrafts, listen to music or look at the TV screen, you will have to forget about this while creating the amulet. You should only be focused on creating the magic item. Don't be distracted by conversations, phones or TV.

The background of the embroidery should be green or white. In the second case, there must be a green frame around the image. The embroidery should contain ears of corn - a symbol of prosperity and fertility. Suitable colors for embroidery are green, red and yellow. Flowers can be embroidered with blue threads. You cannot use white threads for embroidering amulets. Older women can embroider with black thread. After creating the amulet, you can sprinkle it with spring water for consecration, and after that you can use it the way you intended. As a rule, such amulets are kept in a visible place at home or worn on clothes.

Charms with the sign of Mokosh - how to care for them

All amulets require periodic cleansing, and the Makosh amulet is no exception. If you haven't embroidered yours yourself, you'll need to clean it before using it. The best option would be water from a spring or well - Makosh believed patroness of water sources. How to clean a new amulet? Leave in water for a while or, if this is not possible, sprinkle with it.

From time to time you will have to cleanse your amulet. There are no specific deadlines here, it all depends on the amount of negativity that will be reflected by the magical object. It is believed that the owner of such an amulet herself will understand when the time comes to cleanse it of accumulated negativity. Look at the amulet more often, hold it in your hands, and your intuition will tell you when the time for cleansing comes.

Cleansing is carried out under the influence of three elements - air, water and fire. First, you should hand wash the embroidered fabric using baby or laundry soap. After washing, it should be dried near an open fire or in the sun. This fabric cannot be washed in a machine; such washing will only provide mechanical cleaning of ordinary dirt. However, not everyone likes hand washing, so it can be done after machine washing - it will take less time. The pendant or other decoration should be held under running water and then placed in the sun to dry from the drops.

If the amulet is cracked, the embroidery has spread, or other damage appears, this means that its mission is over. Now it should be burned, floated down the river or buried in the ground. You cannot leave the Mokosh sign so that another person gets it - problems will begin to haunt both him and the owner of the amulet.

The sign of Mokosh and Lunnitsa is a combination of two powerful amulets

You can often see the Mokosh sign in Lunnitsy. Lunnitsa is a separate symbol, which is often combined with others to obtain more powerful talismans. The meaning of the Moon is not difficult to understand - its appearance depicts all lunar phases without exception, and the 28 elements along the edges correspond to lunar days.

Lunnitsa is a female talisman. It bestows health, attractiveness and popularity among members of the opposite sex. The owner of such a talisman will not have problems with conceiving a child, pregnancy and childbirth. It also protects her children from illness and negativity. Therefore, it was believed that Lunnitsa protects not only a woman, but also her home, spouse, children and other close people.

Makosh is a protective embroidery, the purpose of which is to create amulets to help in carrying out planned deeds and protection from negative influences.

When making amulets using ancient Slavic symbols and ornaments, it should be borne in mind that the only one that you can make for yourself is Makosh.

Makosh (Mokosh) is an ancient East Slavic goddess who patronizes housekeeping, handicrafts and other truly feminine skills and talents. First of all, she protects the Mistress, promotes the prosperity of her home, and bestows rewards for hard work. Such a talisman, unlike others, does not need to be carried with you all the time; it should only always be in the home whose owner it protects.

The entire process of making Mokosh is a continuous action, which can be divided into intermediate stages.

Preparing for embroidery Makosh is an embroidered amulet, in other words, protective embroidery. The main thing in every protective embroidery, and this applies not only to Makosha, is the correctly chosen pattern. You need to start making a choice only in a good mood and with good thoughts. You can’t just take the first embroidery pattern you come across; it’s worth considering several options. Only that makosh embroidery that will evoke warm emotional feelings will help its owner and justify its purpose. When choosing a talisman scheme, you need to be guided by your inner instinct - it should be completely positive. If you have any doubts or don’t like something, under no circumstances should you embroider the amulet according to this pattern.

Makosh is depicted only with cross stitch. It is rare to find diagrams that depict only the goddess. Along with it, various floral patterns and additional protective symbols are applied to the amulet. These can be Slavic runes or palaces of the elements matched to the makosh. There shouldn’t be many of them - you shouldn’t try to embroider a universal amulet to protect against all troubles and diseases. Incompatible characters can neutralize each other's influence. The presence of a cat or a bee will be harmonious: they are symbols of the goddess. The housewife can select plants taking into account her health (blue cornflowers - improve vision).

Our ancestors had several goddesses from whom they asked for protection - Zhiva, Makosh, Lada. Makosh is different in that she always holds a spindle in her hand - a symbol of life expectancy, and her hands themselves are raised up. She measures earthly life, so she must always stand on the ground on the amulet, and not hover.

Selection of materials Makosh is cross-stitched on fabric or a special cross-stitch canvas. The color scheme of Mokosh is green and yellow. The ideal option would be to use yellow threads and green canvas. There are several ways out of the situation if you were unable to purchase the material of the desired color:
embroider a frame around Mokosh with green crosses;
completely fill the white background with them.
To make the amulet, you can use only types of fabrics and embroidery threads made from natural raw materials: linen, cotton, silk, wool.

Each thread has its own characteristics:
cotton – provide constant protection;
silk - keeps a clear head and solves professional troubles, career difficulties;
wool - helps people who have already suffered from evil and unkind thoughts, but is not suitable for images of stars, birds, plants;
linen - calms the soul and thoughts, this effect is enhanced by the embroidery of ancient ornaments.
The use of synthetic materials is categorically unacceptable - they do not contain vital energy. Synthetics are not beneficial and are considered a dead material.
The best choice would be cotton threads for cross stitch - floss; they are available in a large assortment at an affordable price. Thin embroidery threads are not produced from pure wool. Silk ones are difficult to work with, especially for beginners.

Fabric for amulets: to make sure that the fabric is natural, you need to set fire to one thread from it. Synthetic fibers melt when burned, leaving natural ash behind. It is much easier to do cross stitch on a special canvas; fabric with a uniform weave will require more attention from the embroiderer.

After acquiring the necessary materials, they should be cleaned and freed from possible negative energy. To do this, rinse the threads and canvas in warm water without using detergents, and then let them dry naturally. This procedure will also help prevent further shrinkage of the fabric and threads.

You will also need an embroidery needle with a blunt tip for embroidery. Its size is selected individually - a thread in several folds should easily fit into its eye, and the puncture should not leave a noticeable hole in the fabric.

When can you start embroidery? Work on making amulets should begin on certain days of the lunar cycle. If the goal is to get rid of something (illness, anxiety, family feud), the moon should be waning. In the case of growth or profit (health, happiness, success) – growing.

The most successful days to start embroidering Makosh are the 10th and 14th days of the waxing moon. A strong desire to create is a sure sign of the right time. It is not necessary to devote the whole day to this activity - on the right day it is recommended to make the first 10 crosses and leave work. There are no restrictions in the future - the main thing is that the activity brings joy and satisfaction.

You should not start working on the amulet in a bad mood, when you are ill, or on certain women’s days. Regarding the latter, there is an opinion that if during such a period a woman feels great and is in a good mood, then embroidering is not prohibited.

Preparatory ritual Before starting work, each time you should ask for the blessing of the goddess Mokosh. The request can be in the form of a conspiracy, a prayer, or simply sincere words. When embroidering, you need to constantly think about its future owner (that is, about yourself) and imagine what you want to achieve with the help of the Makosh amulet. In your thoughts you should try not to use the particle “not” (“good”, not “not bad”). Nothing should distract from the embroidery process (TV on, noise on the street, conversation with a friend). Some craftswomen light a wax candle while working. If you are not feeling well and the work does not bring you pleasure, you should postpone embroidery until a better time.

Technical Tricks For convenience, before embroidering the canvas can be divided into squares 10 by 10 crosses. Almost all embroidery patterns are divided in this way. To do this, snares are laid using a running stitch, thread of a contrasting color, or lines are drawn with a special “magic tailor’s” pencil, which is easily washed off with water.

Embroidery should begin from areas completely sewn with crosses and gradually move on to small details of the pattern.

You can do without a hoop, but they help to evenly stretch and fix the canvas, and then can be easily held with one hand.

When embroidering amulets, you should not secure the ends of the threads with a knot. Therefore, it is convenient to use a paired number of threads - 2, 4. To get a thread in two folds from a floss skein, take a piece equal to two lengths of the working thread, 1 thread is separated from it and folded in half. The side with the loop remains on the long end of the thread, and the two ends on the short end. The first stitch is performed like this: the needle is inserted from the inside out and out, while a loop remains from the inside out; when the needle is inserted a second time, it is passed through this loop, after which the thread is carefully tightened. With this method of fastening the free ends of the threads are half as large. Similarly, this action is performed if 4-fold floss is used.

When the thread is over, you need to use a needle to carefully bring its ends along the already embroidered crosses

The reverse side of the finished embroidery will be very neat if you do not embroider in rotating rows - left and right, but completely embroider the design with half crosses, without tearing off the thread, and then go back. This way, you won’t have to make transitions, and it will be very easy to perform reverse embroidery using already made half-crosses.

There may be a need to leave work for some time (sleep, household chores). In this case, there is no need to leave the needle stuck into the outline with the amulet (use a pincushion). At night, it is better to put the embroidery in a basket or craft chest.

After the embroidery work is completed, it is carefully rinsed with cool water, then dried between two towels in a horizontal position. Slightly damp work can be ironed from the inside out so that the fabric is smoothed out and the crosses do not lose their relief.

You can decorate the embroidered Makosh amulet in the form of a painting, mat, pillow or bookmark. For this amulet it is not necessary to constantly be in contact with the owner; simply by being in the house, it will have a good influence on all household members, attract happiness, good luck and prosperity to the house.

Signs and superstitions associated with Makosh embroidery When creating the Makosh amulet, various “incidents” occur that require a calm, unhurried solution:
threads get tangled - carefully untangle, use scissors only as a last resort;
If an error has crept into the embroidery, unravel the section and embroider it again (do not rip it with scissors).
There is also a sign - by looking at difficult areas of embroidery, where the threads are especially tangled or torn, you can assess the problems of the embroiderer. These could be chronic illnesses or negative reactions (allergies, family turmoil). In case of constant problems with embroidery, it is better to put it off, apparently now is not the time for this amulet and you will not get help from it. Stubbornness in this case can lead to negative consequences for the craftswoman. By the way, it will be said that women usually begin to embroider amulets over the age of 30, when they have accumulated life wisdom and experience. But this does not prohibit young girls from engaging in this craft. Such a matter does not tolerate frivolity and bad intentions. The very first self-embroidered amulet for a woman should be Makosh. After that, you can create them as gifts for friends. In order for an exchange of positive energy to take place and the amulets to really help, a symbolic fee is charged for them.

Use and care The amulet, like any other thing, needs care and cleansing. There are no deadlines for carrying out the cleansing ritual. The owner of Makosha will intuitively feel that it is time. The simplest method is hand washing in running water with baby or regular soap; pre-soaking is allowed. The use of a washing machine is contraindicated.

The most correct thing for the amulet would be to carry out purification with the help of three elements: water, air and fire. To carry it out, you need to hold it in running water (in urban conditions, an open tap will do), then keep it in the cold and dry it by an open fire or in the sun.

It happens that the amulet is lost, the threads in the embroidery wear out, or the design frame breaks. Such an event is not a reason for sadness, but a sign that he served and fulfilled what he was intended for. If the desired is achieved, it can be given to one of the elements (bury it in the ground, burn it, or float it on water).

Makosh embroidery is aimed at attracting and maintaining everything positive; such amulets can be stored for years.