‘Knit a hat for an Innocent smoothie and raise funds for Age UK.’ You probably saw the advert last September. It seemed like a bit of fun so, between us, my mum and I sent off a dozen or so.

The pattern was straightforward, just a simple hat with a bobble on top.  But oh, I’d forgotten how relaxing knitting could be.   My fingers were twitching. I’d caught the knitting bug. So what next?  Read on…