Candles for Meditation and Affirmations

I’m into meditating and today I came across these fabulous affirmation Candles by Monteserrat.
I would choose the red. It says, “I am strong, full of power and courage.” I have actually been rather sick and weak lately but could use the boost.

Affirmations might not cure a cold but combined with meditation they do improve your mood. Colors and scents are also therapeutic.

I have a thing for red. My living room is cranberry red. It’s lively and increases the appetite which is why many restaurants use it.

This particular candle is scented with cloves. Cloves are stimulating and spicy so combining it with a red candle makes sense although if making myself I would throw in cinnamon. There’s something about baking scents that are comforting.

Aromatherapy, combined with candles, meditation and positive affirmations are nice ways to start the morning or end the day.

The Candles by Monteserrat are beautiful. There are fairy candles, angels, mermaids and animal totems. Take a tour when you get a chance. Right now they have a two for one sale on so it’s a good time to check it out.

Generally I like knitting patterns where I feel like you can use whatever yarn you have (because my stash is big enough and I want to use it, thanks) and make a successful project. This is one of those times when a special yarn makes the process that much easier.

The Floral Bouquet Shawl from Xandy Peters uses a specific extended color pooling yarn from Feisty Fibers, which allows you to place the bobble flowers with increasing frequency as you knit the project.

It starts with a solid color yarn, then the two color yarn is added in, and you make a bobble whenever you encounter the color pops. This would be hard to replicate with other yarn that doesn’t have the extended color pooling built in.

The background of the shawl is ribbed, making the project reversible.

The shawl uses fingering/sock yarn and comes out to be an asymmetrical triangle that’s 54 inches/137 cm long and 36 inches/ 90 cm deep and 60 inches/150 cm across the top edge.

Xandy says the pattern is for intermediate to advanced knitters. Knowing how to work traditional bobbles would probably help, but there’s a great video tutorial for how to work the floral bobbles so you can practice on other yarn or even incorporate the bobbles into other projects.

The bobbles are five-petaled flowers but they also kind of look like starfish to me, which could be fun on a child’s cardigan or other pattern. They’d also be fun on the leg of a sock or around the brim of a hat for extra whimsy.

The pattern includes photo and video tutorials, and written and charted instructions. It also includes tips on what to look for if you choose to use different yarn for the project, and instructions on how to dye your own yarn to use in the project.

If you want to give it a try, you can find the pattern on Ravelry.

[Photo: Xandy Peters]

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