Look away now if your biggest achievement is scoffing a pack of biscuits before your Netflix show’s started. This may make you feel more than a little unaccomplished.

This uplifting video captures the incredible skill of a quadriplegic woman – who is affected by paralysis of both arms and legs – knitting using just her mouth.

Alicia Jones, 33, has been paralysed from the neck down after being hit by a car when she was two.

But the Cardiff resident has not allowed her disability to stop her. She’s knitted an array of complex designs and has even made a ‘wishing tree’ from metal wire.

That’s not the only thing arty thing she’s good at. Alicia taught herself how to draw and paint with her mouth when she was a teenager.

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So what kickstarted Alicia’s knitting hobby? She says it was the frustration of being stuck at home.

‘I wanted to go to college but I couldn’t get the transport to get me there,’ she explains.

‘I had to do something with my time so I started picking up my mum’s pencils and doing some drawings.

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‘I then got onto painting by numbers but soon got bored of that.

‘I enjoy doing my knitting. I find it therapeutic and relaxing. I’ve always tried to be creative.’

Although Alicia is not able to use her limbs, she says her creations are not ‘particularly difficult’ to get the hang of. Each one takes around two days to complete.

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‘I don’t think they’re particularly good but my friends do,’ says Alicia. ‘They are very supportive. All my friends and family are telling me to keep up the good work.’

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Alicia, who recently got engaged to her partner Kevin, 33, encourages others in similar situations to be creative and never feel limited by their disability.

‘Others should try the same,’ she says. ‘Never give up.’

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