Tom Daley has revealed his custom Team GB cardigan
The 27-year-old diver - who won his first-ever Olympic gold medal in the men's synchronised 10m platform at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games last week - has also made a splash with his knitwear and he's proudly shown off his latest creation, which he'd been spotted working on while sitting in the stands by the pool
7 August 2021
Posting on Instagram, he wrote: "When I got to Tokyo, I wanted to make something that would remind me of these games
"Something that I could say I had made in Tokyo, during the Olympics!
"I did a @teamgb logo on the back, with a flag and GBR on the shoulders and Tokyo embroidered onto the front!"
He shared a clip of himself modelling the cardigan on his Made With Love By Tom Daley knitting account, talking through the design and asking for his followers' input.
He added: "Thoughts and opinions please - but be nice!"
During the Women's 3m Springboard Final over the weekend, Tom was spotted poolside with his needles and wool making a jumper for the internet-famous pooch Izzy The Frenchie.
Responding to the viral snap with a picture of what he was making, he wrote: "For those asking what I'm making here ... I am making a dog jumper for @izzythe.frenchie."
He later shared the finished piece with his followers.
In a previous video shared on the Instagram account - which is dedicated to his knitting and crochet projects - Tom said of the medal protector he made: "I don't normally post things not necessarily knitting related on my Made with Love page but myself and Matty won the Olympics and I thought I'd come on and say the one thing that has kept me sane in this whole process is my love for knitting and crochet and all things stitching, so I wanted to say thank you for my followers on here for following along.
"But not only that, this morning I made a little cosy for my medal to stop it getting scratched, so here it is."
Tom showed off the double-sided design and demonstrated how the medal and its ribbon tucked into the cosy.
He continued: "It's got a Union Jack on one side and a Japanese flag on the other and it all tucks in nicely for me to have a little pouch and carry around my medal without it getting scratched."
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