To prevent injury, you should stretch before doing this exercise. Stretching will loosen your muscles and enable you to do this exercise more fluidly.  Start stretching by standing up, with your feet spread shoulder length apart. Then, bend to touch your toes on each foot, and hold for 10 seconds. Alternatively, you can stretch sitting down. Sit on the floor with your legs spread, similar to a V position. Reach for your toes on the left foot, right foot, and then reach as far as you can in the middle, and hold for 10 seconds. To start the Hindu push-up, get into a normal, starting push-up position. With your knees bent and touching the ground, place your hands on the ground directly under your shoulders (your arms should be straight). Then, slowly remove your knees from the floor and dig your toes into the ground to stabilize the lower half of your body. You should be in a high plank position.  For beginners, place your hands and feet a little farther than shoulder-width apart.  More advanced trainees can keep their hands and feet closer together for a more intense workout. Once you are in the starting push-up position, begin to raise your backside up into the air. As you raise your backside into the air, keep your arms, legs, and back straight. At this point, your eyes should be looking at your feet. In this position, you will look like an upside down V. This V position is essentially the starting position, and you will return to this position after you complete each push-up.
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One-sentence summary -- Stretch before doing the Hindu push-up. Get into a starting push-up position. Raise your backside into the air.


If the shirt has side seams, they will come apart once you go to cut the T-shirt into yarn. Also, do not use a T-shirt that has an image printed onto it, like a band logo or a comic book character, as this will prevent the shirt from stretching. Spread your T-shirt on a flat surface. Place a ruler across the shirt, just under the armpits. Cut across the shirt with a rotary cutter, using the ruler as a guide. Discard the top part of the shirt, along with the sleeves. If you don't have a rotary cutter, use the ruler and a marker to draw a horizontal line instead, then cut across the line with fabric scissors. While not absolutely necessary, this will help make your yarn more consistent in thickness and texture. Simply cut straight across the bottom hem just above the stitching. You can do this with a ruler and rotary cutter, or with fabric scissors. Discard the hem when you are done. You don't need it. Take the left side of the shirt and pull it towards the right. Stop when there is a 1-inch (2.5-cm)  gap between the left side edge and the right side edge. This will reduce the amount of cutting that you have to do. Begin cutting on the left side of the shirt, and finish cutting 1 inch (2.5 cm) from the right side. If you were to unfold your shirt, you would see 1-inch (2.5-cm) wide strips running across it, and stopping 1 inch (2.5 cm) from the right side edge. Unfold the shirt first. Next, open it up and spread it out so that the 1-inch (2.5-cm) gap widens into a 2-inch (5.1-cm) gap. You may have to move the loops formed by the cut left side of the shirt out of the way. Begin cutting at the bottom-left corner of the gap. Cut across the gap at an upward angle towards the next horizontal strip. Repeat this process, cutting from the bottom-left to the upper-right until you reach the top of the shirt. Envision the gaps as 1-inch (2.5-cm) tall rectangles. You are cutting from the bottom-left corner to the upper-right corner of each rectangle. Hold the T-shirt strip loosely in 1 hand, and use your other hand to gently pull it through your hand. This will cause the edges of the T-shirt to curl inwards and form a tube-like shape. You may need to do this a few times. Wrap the end of the yarn a few times around your index and middle fingers. Slide the wrapped yarn off your fingers, then wrap the yarn across the loop a few more times to form a ball. Continue wrapping the yarn around the ball, changing direction often, until you run out. Because of how thick and bulky this yarn is, it probably won't make very good socks, hats, or scarves. It is great for making items that will see a lot of wear-and-tear, such as dishcloths, pot holders, and rugs, however.
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One-sentence summary -- Get a plain T-shirt without any side seams. Cut the top of the shirt off below the armpits. Cut the hem off of the shirt. Fold the shirt in half, leaving a gap between the left and right edges. Cut 1-inch (2.5-cm) slits into the side of the shirt, stopping at the gap. Unfold the shirt and spread it so that gap in the right side edge widens. Cut diagonal lines across the 2-inch (5.1-cm) gap to separate the strips. Pull on the T-shirt strip to make the ends curl in. Roll the yarn into a ball. Use the yarn to knit or crochet.


You can use a ruler or a template you downloaded online to create matching triangle shapes. You can go for any type of triangle shape you want. You can have three even sides or have one or two sides longer or shorter.  Trace your triangle shape onto a piece of cardboard. Use a ruler to keep the lines straight. Carefully cut out your triangle shape, going slowly to keep all lines neat and straight. Place your cardboard triangle on the backside of your leather. Use a fabric pen to trace out two triangle shapes. Carefully cut around the shapes you drew. You should be left with two pieces of leather of equal sizes, shaped like a triangle. On the front side of your leather, draw a geometrical shape using your gold paint pen. The shape you draw is up to you. You can look up patterns online or simply make up your own shape.  Geometrical shapes include things like intersecting lines, rectangles, and squares. Try drawing a variety of straight lines criss-crossing and intersecting throughout both triangle. You can use a ruler if necessary to keep your lines straight. You can draw the same design on each earring or have a slightly different design on each earring. Choose a single corner of one triable to punch a hole. Use the smallest hole puncher possible, as you don't need a large hole to fit the earring hook through. Punch another hole in the same corner on your other triangle. You will have to undo the hook at the end of the earring hook using pliers or your fingers. Fit the hook through the holes you punched. Then, tightly re-seal the hook using your fingers or pliers. Your earrings are now complete. Make sure you close the hooks completely. Otherwise, your earrings may slip off and get lost.
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Use cardboard to make a triangle shape. Cut two matching triangle shapes out of black leather. Use a gold paint pen to draw a geometrical pattern. Punch a hole through the tip of each triangle. Fit an earring hook through the hole.