![]() ![]() Make sure to knot this winding to itself on the first, and last, pass.ģ. Wind yarn around a piece of cardboard that is the same size as you want your dolls to be. Then your dolls will be tied together and can be pinned decoratively, via this twined strand, to your coat or sweater.Ģ. At the point where you have finished winding your yarn around the cardboard and knotted it off, and would be about to tie a shorter strand through all the loops to make the figures’ “heads,” use one end of the twined yarn to tie Pizho‘s, and the other end to tie Penda‘s. Before making these dolls, twist a red and a white strand of yarn together like you would make a bracelet martenitsa, but longer. In fact, martenitsa-making for Bulgarian demand has, in recent years, been outsourced to China! Making the yarn dolls, called Pizho and Penda ( Pizho is the male doll, predominantly white in color Penda is the female, and usually red), takes a little more work, but not much! Wikihow’s instructions on how to make a yarn doll work beautifully for this craft.ġ. Styles abound, and even in Bulgaria, not everyone makes them by hand. How to make Martenitsa for Baba Marta Day Craftīracelet-style martenitsi are easy to make–a strand of red, a strand of white yarn, tied at the end and twisted hand over hand, then adorned with a few beads in the center. You NEVER make or buy a martenitsa for yourself it has to be gifted. ![]() Martenitsi (plural) are given between friends and family members, or even given to someone as a way of saying you want to get to know them better. To appease and honor her, Bulgarians wear a martenitsa, red-and-white talismans usually made of yarn, in the form of bracelets or of little dolls. Baba Marta–Grandmother March–is the mythical personification of the change from winter to spring, and she is just as changeable as the weather can be at this time of year! ![]()
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