I am very happy and at the same time to share with you my first publication in this community, which some people in #inleo recommended to me, to publish my creations with knitting needles, since I love knitting, I am not an expert but I have years knitting.
My love for weaving began when I was a little girl and I watched my grandmother weave beautiful tablecloths for counters and bed covers, those were large fabrics. My mother helped us move forward since my father abandoned us, we were a very low-income family, I liked to make my own things, since I couldn't afford to buy them, sometimes my study partner liked my creations and I made them. When I sold I got some income, that's why I fell in love with weaving the most because it allowed me to create things for myself, like slippers, necklaces, bracelets, there was even a time when the Roman sandal was in fashion, I made one with a sole of an old sandal, I put cardboard on it, so I could make my own accessories.
Although my grandmother always said that I would not learn to knit because I was left-handed, I began to watch her every day. When she was free, I took the needle and began to practice. I cannot deny that it was difficult for me since I only did it for a short time, only what I needed. I was watching my grandmother, I didn't have an instruction magazine, much less at that time I had the technology that exists today, but I never gave up doing it until I learned, I was able to create my own creations and accessories.
Today, Needles Monday, I want to share with you the creation of an amirigumi crucifix. It is an activity that I carried out during these days of Holy Week that culminated yesterday, where I combine creativity with devotion, allowing to express my faith in a different way, creating it with my hands, offering that love.
In this week of Holy Week, this creation of this craft takes on an important meaning where these days remember the great sacrifice that our Lord made for humanity, I cannot deny that creating this work gave me a little feeling, because first I made to our Lord Jesus Christ, putting a blood stain on him, first I felt that strong feeling knowing that it was his wounds from the blow that they gave him, in turn the wound on his hands and feet, but after weaving the cross, I think it was the pressure but in my chest when making the cross, placing the body of Jesus Christ in it.
To begin with the creation of this special amirigumis, you need colored thread that uses yellow for the body since it did not have flesh color which is very difficult to find here, white for Christ's blanket, brown for the beard, dark blue for the Cross, cotton for the filling, black thread for the eyes.
For the creation of this I started with the cupero of Christ, where I looked for a pattern that would help me in the making of this body, remember that for this technique we must use low stitch, we must know when to increase or decrease the amount of stitch, At the same time, I had to pay close attention to the facial features, where the eyes were, and the beard where the face of our lord could be reflected a little like, reflecting a face of love.
After culminating in the body of Christ, and I began to create the Cross, as I told you, this part was difficult for me, since it is the part where I will have to place the body of Christ, I took the measurement of the body to make the cross , but putting these two together gives us the complete representation of the crucifixion, which is the center of Holy Week.
During this process it was a moment to reflect on the meaning of Holy Week, where when creating it there was a connection more than I have always been connected with faith, and spirituality, because every detail placed here, I was observing the love that God does not He had to give his son, who would come into the world to cleanse us of our sins, where he experienced an agony of terrible pain that only he could endure.
That although being the son of God he could ask the angels to take away that bitter drink of pain and agony, not even though he knew everything that would happen, he still continued with the great love for his children, being able to free us from this sin.
I made this crucifix to have it in my home to always protect us from all evil, at the same time reminding us of the constant sacrifice of Jesus Christ and the importance of faith that we have to have in our daily lives.
In summary, creating the crucifix in amirigumis during this time of Holy Week was an activity where with my hands I recreated and loved this very significant craft, each point and expression I made I was living the pain that our Lord went through, in turn love who has us give his life for ours.
Tejiendo Fe: El Crucifijo de Amigurumi en Semana Santa
Me encuentro muy feliz y al mismo tiempo de compartir con ustedes mi primera publicación en esta comunidad, que unas personas en #inleo me recomendaron, para publicar mis creaciones con agujas de tejer, ya que me encanta el tejido, no soy una experta pero llevo años tejiendo.
Mi amor por el tejido inicio desde que era una niña y observaba como mi abuela tejiendo hermosos manteles para mesones y cubre cama, eso era tejido grandes. Mi madre nos saco adelante ya que mi padre nos abandono, eramos familia de muy bajo recursos, a mi me gustaba hacerme mis cosas, ya que no me lo posia comprar, a veces mi compañera de estudio le gustaba mi creaciones y yo la elaboraba la vendia obtenia algo de ingreso, es por ello que mas me enamore del tejido ya que me permitia crearme cosas para mi, como zacillo, collares, pulseras, hasta hubo una vez cuando estaba de moda la sandalia romana, me realice una con una suela de una sandali vieja, le colocaba carton, asi yo podia hacer mi propios accesorios.
Aunque mi abuela siempre decia que no aprenderia tejer pr ser zurda, me puse cada dia verla, cuando desocupaba ella la aguja la tomaba yo, empezaba a practicar, no le puedo negar que me costo ya que solo lo hacia pequeño tiempo, solo lo que hacia era observar a mi abuela, yo no poseia revista de intrucciones, menos en ese tiempo tenia la tecnología que hay hoy, pero nunca me rendi de hacerlo hasta que aprendi, pude crear mis propias creaciones y accesorios.
En el dia de hoy de lunes de agujas deseo compartir con ustedes la creación de un crucifijo de amirigumi es una actividad que realice en esto dias de Semana Santa que culmino en el dia de ayer, en donde combine la creatividad con la devoción, permitiendo expresar mi fe de una forma diferente creandolo con mis manos, brindadon ese amor.
En esta semana de la Semana Santa esta realización de esta manualidad cobra un significado importante en donde estos dia recordar el gran sacrificio que hizo nuestro señor por la humanidad, no le puedo negar que crear este trabajo me dio un poco de sentimiento, porque primero realice a nuestro señor jesuscristo, colocarle mancha de sangre primero senti ese sentimiento fuerte en saber que era sus heridas de la golpe que le dieron, a su vez la herida de sus manos y pies, pero luego de tejer la cruz, creo que fue el apretimiento mas en mi pecho al hacer la cruz, colocar el cuerpo de jesuscristo en el.
Para comenzar con la creación de este amirigumis especial, se necesita hilo de color que utilice amarillo para el cuerpo ya que no tenia color carne que es muy dificil de encontrar aqui, blanco para la manta de Cristo, marron para la barba, azul oscuro para la Cruz,algondon para el relleno, hilo negro para los ojos.
Para la creación de este inicie con el cupero de Cristo, en donde busque un patron que me ayudara en la confección de este cuerpo, recurde que para esta tecnica hay que utilizar punto bajo, debemos saber cuando subir o ir bajando la cantidad de punto, a su vez tuve que tener muchas atención en los rasgos faciales, en donde fueron los ojos, y la barba en donde se pudiera reflejar un poco parecido el rostro de nuestros señor, que nos refleje un rostro de amor.
Luego de culminar en el cuerpo de Cristo, e inice a crear la Cruz, como le dije esta parte fue dificil para mi, ya que es la parte en donde tendre que colocar el cuerpo de cristo, tome la medida del cuerpo para realizar la cruz, pero al unir estos dos nos da la representa completa de la crucifixión, que es el centro de la Semana Santa.
Durante este proceso fue un momento del reflexionar el significado de semana santa, en donde al crearlo hubo una conexión mas de lo que siempre he estado conectada con la fe, y la espiritualidad, porque cada detalle colocada aqui, fui observando el amor que Dios no tenia para dar a su hijo, que viniera al mundo a limpiarnos de nuestros pecados, en donde paso una agonia de dolor terrible que solo el podia aguantar.
Que aunque siendo el hijo de Dios el pudo pedir a los angeles apartarle ese trago amargo del dolor y la agonia, no al pesar de que el sabia de todo lo que pasaria, aun continuo con el gran amor a sus hijos, poder liberarnos de este pecado.
Este crucifijo lo realice para tenerlo en mi hogar nos cuide siempre de todo mal, a su vez haciendonos recordar el constante sacrificio de Jesuscristo y la importancia de la fe que tenemos que tener en nuestra vida diaria.
En resumen crear el crucifijo en amirigumis en este tiempo de Semana Santa fue una actividad en donde con mis manos recree y el amor esta manualidad tan significaiva, cada punto y expresión que realice fui viviendo el dolor que paso nuestro señor, a su vez el amor que nos tiene en dar su vida por la de nosotros.