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My obsession with knitwear is dyed in the wool
The Chronicle
|October 23, 2025
"IT'S official. I'm, declaring sweater season open," I announced to my husband on Sunday as I got ready to walk to a local restaurant.
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Exquisite: Amy Dowden
My other half was more interested in the weather app on his iPhone than the cream cable crewneck that I was sporting but it turns out that was a good thing. After the Met Office affirmed that the chance of rain was 100% our planned evening stroll became a fiveminute Uber trip.
Good for my hair. Not so great for my midlife thermostat. Between the car blowers and the restaurant heating, by the time dinner arrived I was having an arran-induced hot sweat.
Knitwear is a big thing for me, though. Maybe it is a hangover from my mum and my nanna being talented knitters.
This story is from the October 23, 2025 edition of The Chronicle.
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