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.
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