Tom Daley’s amazing knitwear returns with Team GB legend working on ‘a couple of projects’ at Paris Olympics 2024
TOM DALEY is back at the Olympics.
And that also means a return of his incredible KNITTING.
The Team GB diving superstar took the Tokyo Games by storm in 2021.
As well as securing two medals – gold in the 10m synchro with Matty Lee and bronze in the solo event – Daley delighted fans with his superb knitted creations away from the pool after learning on YouTube during lockdown.
They included swimming trunks, a sofa, a Team GB cardigan and even a recreation of a Gucci dress.
Three years on, Daley is making his final preparations to compete at the Paris 2024 Olympics.
The 30-year-old will even carry the British flag alongside rowing mum Helen Glover at the opening ceremony.
But before the big moment on the Seine, Daley took to his Made With Love Instagram account to tell fans he has got the knitting needles back out once again.
The Plymouth plunger posted on his story with a sneak peek at his latest effort.
The photo shows blue wool with a French and GB flag stitched into it.
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A later collage of photo shows Daley’s name on the piece, him working on the GB flag and a thumbs-up topless selfie from the Olympics star.
He captioned the post: “Union Jack. Union Back.”
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Daley took to the Instagram page – which has 1.2million followers – on July 15 to show off his cardigan from last time out, and ask fans what he should make while in Paris.
And two days later, he revealed his grand plan – to make a knitted jumper honouring his fifth Olympic Games appearance.
Daley, who stepped away from diving after Tokyo 2020 before making a U-turn, said the creative hobby was his “superpower” during the last Olympics.
The dad-of-two added: “I became obsessed, essentially. The first thing I made was a scarf for my mum for Mother’s Day.
“Every project I did, I learned a new skill and then I taught myself how to crochet as well and then I started designing and learning how to be able to actually design something from a drawing.
“In Tokyo, we weren’t allowed to go out, we weren’t allowed to do anything or to socialise and there was so much time to overthink things so I ended up doing that all the time to get out of my own head. It was my meditation, it’s my calm.
“In 20 years’ time, I wanted to be able to look back and be like I made this during those Olympics games as a memento.”