Lariath- Live a Little.

I've just got into doing a bit of Yoga. I'm only really doing it get a bit of strength and flexibility back from when I was a dancer. I'm actually really enjoying doing it. The reason I'm posting about yoga on here is because I did a wrist and hand yoga session which I thought would be good for those who do a lot of intricate/repetitive things with their hands and wrists such as crafting, crochet, knitting et cetera. I came across this whilst doing a 30day free Yoga course which is  Here . The session for the hands and wrists can be found  Here . It's just a 15 minute session and most of it can be done sitting down. Charity Square Update A quick update on my charity squares. I've just finished my second square. It's the same pattern as the first crochet square I made, however this one uses back loop stitches only where as for the first one I used front loop stitches only. I also ran out of the green yarn I was using so I made a border with scrap gre...

I'm obsessed with tree silhouettes at the moment so I was brain storming what I could make involving trees. I came up with the idea of making a candle cover thinking that the candle light behind a tree would look good. Here's what I used: Plain white A4 paper Tissue Paper (I chose red) A4 card (I chose orange, I have no red) Scissors Pencil Rubber Ruler Glue stick Craft knife Craft Board First I decided how wide I wanted the cover to be so that it would fit around the candle without being too close to the candle. I decided 8cm by 8cm was big enough for the base. Here's the diagram I made: I folded a plain A4 piece of paper 8cm from the edge and then folded the paper again 16cm from the edge. I also made a small flap of 5mm after the second fold. The flap is shown in the diagram as the darker gery area.I also drew a 5mm border within the two folds as shown with the orange lines in the diagram.  Then I drew the design i wanted within the two...

I've just completed my first square for the charity  knit-a-square . Although the charity has 'knit' in the title they also ask for crochet squares too. My square is crochet (I don't knit) I used the scraps I had from making my  Crochet Creeper . The colour isn't exactly uniform but when your using scraps it's never going to be uniform but this adds to its uniqueness. What better way to use scrap yarn than for charity! This is an 8 inch by 8 inch square, 35 of these make one blanket that gives an orphan warmth and comfort.  The square took me longer than expected but this is due to having to attach many scraps of yarn to make the square and I'm still not that great at crocheting in rows. This gave me a bit of practice though. The pattern I used was based on one of the patterns the  knit-a-square  charity website recommends; the pattern has no holes therefore will be warmer. Find the pattern  Here .  My square looks different to the squ...

Just a quick shout out to a very good friend of mine who made me some awesome Hand Warmers  for Christmas.  Lilangelsg2  has been crocheting and knitting for longer than me and makes me some really nice things. I love these hand warmers they are just my colour and the fact that they are made with yarn with the word 'Yoda' in the name is just awesome. It's really hard to take a picture of your own hands so this is the best I could do:  Thank you so much Lilangelsg2.