Lorraine Kelly battling stress by taking up knitting after being inspired by Tom Daley
Lorraine Kelly has taken up knitting to battle stress after being inspired by Tom Daley – despite not picking up a needle for the last fifty years.
The Scots telly presenter said it’s her New Years Resolution to master a new hobby – and knitting is the perfect fit.
Lorraine told Hello! magazine: “This is the year that I’m determined to master a new hobby, inspired by Tom Daley when he came on my show as a guest last month.
“Tom is a man of many skills, not just an Olympic gold medal-winning diver and TV pundit and presenter, but he’s also an excellent knitter.
She explained: “When Tom came on the show, he presented me with a pair of needles and a big ball of fuchsia pink wool and I was instantly hooked. We sat amicably knitting and chatting and I loved it.”
Lorraine revealed that she learned to knit at Strathclyde primary school in Bridgeton, Glasgow when she was about ten years old.
And she admitted: “Although I haven’t picked up a pair of knitting needles in almost fifty years, it all came flooding back to me. I remembered how to cast on and how to do plain and purl stitching, but that’s about my limit so far.”
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So far the daytime telly Queen has made Ruby, her daughter Rosie’s mini sausage dog a pink scarf, a misshapen woolly jumper, and is also knitting Angus her border terrier a coat from thick wool.
She said: “Now my family and friends are living in fear and dread of me gifting them hand-knitted woolly socks, mittens and balaclavas.”
“I’m actually finding it a real stress buster. “
Lorraine Kelly battling stress by taking up knitting after being inspired by Tom Daley
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