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Princess Kate’s Knitting Confession Resurfaces as Coverage Highlights Craft-Focused Visits

The comment first surfaced in Glasgow before a 2020 retelling, now highlighted alongside recent craft-themed engagements.

Overview

  • UK outlets on October 26 revisited reports that the Princess of Wales called herself “really bad” at knitting, citing Hello!’s account of her remarks in Glasgow.
  • She told royal well-wishers she had been trying to knit and joked that she should be asking for tips.
  • In 2020 at a Bradford engagement with Older Yet Wiser, she said a planned “very special jumper” for Prince George went wrong halfway through.
  • Mirror and Birmingham Live linked the anecdote to her recent hands-on activities, including a September fabric-printing session at Marina Mill in Cuxton, Kent.
  • Coverage also noted a children’s hospice visit where she joined messy play and quipped that “the messier it is, the better the fun.”