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How knitting can weave calm and joy into your life

November 18, 2025

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Sporting star Tom Daley inspired the nation to dust off their old knitting needles after he was spotted stitching between dives at the Paris Olympics last year. His new Channel 4 show - Game of Wool: Britain's Best Knitter - has helped reignite this wave of creative enthusiasm.

- By CAMILLA FOSTER

If you are looking to start knitting again or take on your first ever stitches, here's what the hobby can do for your wellbeing...

BOOSTS MOOD

"Before I started knitting I was in a depressed state," says Shelby Fuller, founder of London-based knitwear brand Elizabeth An'Marie, who started teaching herself how to knit in 2014.

"However, when I started to teach myself how to knit I remember one of my friends asked me how I was and for the first time in a while I could actually say yeah, I'm OK. The whole downcast feeling I had was gone, and I feel like knitting did help with that."

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