I started knitting, officially, about 16 years ago, when my son was a baby. Not because I was making baby clothes, but because I complained about my arthritis on Mumsnet and a lovely Mumsnetter told me I should try knitting with wooden needles as they are supposed to be good for arthritis. And then sent me some yarn and needles.

I say officially because I’ve sort of known how to do it for years. My Nana, my paternal grandmother, was an expert knitter. We never bought sweaters, just rang Nana and told her what we wanted and about 6 weeks later, there’d be a sweater in the post.