While most Olympic divers sitting poolside at Paris’ Aquatic Center are anxiously twiddling their thumbs, one athlete has been twiddling a pair of knitting needles. Tom Daley, the 30-year-old Team GB diver who won his fifth Olympic medal last week, has unveiled his latest achievement: a handknitted Paris Games-themed sweater. Red, white and blue all over, the design features a flag trim alternating between France’s tricolor ensign and Britain’s Union Jack. The chest is emblazoned with “Paris 24” — the “A” elongated to represent the Eiffel Tower — while a “5” appears on the sleeve, a nod to the diver’s fifth Olympic appearance. On the back, “Daley” is spelled out in wide white letters. The gold-medalist has been keeping fans updated on the progress of his pullover via his dedicated craft Instagram @madewithlovebytomdaley, which boasts over a million followers. Daley has been photographed knitting during every stolen moment while in Paris for the Olympic Games — whether he is watching his teammates compete or resting between his own events. “I don’t know how to just do nothing,” Daley said. “It was my husband (Oscar-winning screenwriter Dustin Lance Black) who said that lots of people knit squares while they are waiting on film sets so I thought I’d give that a go. I went on to the ‘university of YouTube’ and taught myself how to knit and never looked back!” This is Daley’s second Olympic-themed sweater, and the endeavor is fast becoming something of a tradition. Daley began knitting during lockdown in 2020, as many young people did to cope with social starvation, and began making knitwear to commemorate his time at the Games back in that same year with a cream colored cardigan embroidered with “Tokyo” in Japanese. “I wanted to make something that would remind me of the Olympics to look back on in the future,” he wrote on Instagram Today. Those who feel truly inspired even can buy a Tom Daley branded knitting kit which includes a pattern, two sets of knitting needles and 14 balls of wool. The diver, who added that for him “diving and knitting go hand–in-hand,” went on to say he finds inspiration in lots of different places. “I saw a bee land on my arm and I thought ‘that could make an interesting jumper’ so I made a bee inspired design,” he said, but added that with the 2024 Games, there were certain elements he wanted to feature. “I wanted to incorporate Paris, the flags, the colors and (create) something as a real memento,” he explained. (SD-Agencies) 大多數(shù)奧運(yùn)跳水運(yùn)動(dòng)員坐在巴黎水上運(yùn)動(dòng)中心的泳池邊焦急地捻著拇指時(shí)，有一位卻在織毛衣。 上周贏得第五枚奧運(yùn)獎(jiǎng)牌后，30歲的英國隊(duì)跳水運(yùn)動(dòng)員湯姆?戴利展示了他的新成就：一件以巴黎奧運(yùn)會(huì)為主題的手工編織毛衣。這件毛衣通體紅、白、藍(lán)三色，底邊交替裝飾著法國的三色旗和英國國旗，胸前是字母“Paris 24”（A被拉長，代表埃菲爾鐵塔），袖子上印有“5”（代表戴利第五次出征奧運(yùn)）。毛衣背面則用寬大的白色字母拼出他的名字Daley。 這位前金牌得主一直通過他專注于手工編織的賬號(hào) Instagram @madewithlovebytomdaley向粉絲介紹這件套頭毛衣的最新進(jìn)展，他的Instagram擁有超過一百萬粉絲。戴利在巴黎參加奧運(yùn)期間，無論是觀看隊(duì)友比賽，還是在自己的比賽間隙休息，每一個(gè)閑暇都被拍到在織毛衣。戴利說：“無所事事我做不到。我丈夫（奧斯卡獲獎(jiǎng)編劇達(dá)斯汀?蘭斯?布萊克）說，很多人在片場(chǎng)等候時(shí)都用編織打發(fā)時(shí)間，所以我也想試試。我在‘YouTube大學(xué)’自學(xué)，從此一發(fā)不可收拾！” 這是戴利的第二件奧運(yùn)主題毛衣，這個(gè)做法已經(jīng)成了一種傳統(tǒng)。戴利是在2020年疫情隔離期間開始織毛衣的，當(dāng)時(shí)許多年輕人開始想辦法填補(bǔ)缺乏社交的無聊，戴利也開始編織毛衣來紀(jì)念他的奧運(yùn)征程，他織了一件繡有日文“東京”的乳白色開衫。他在 “Instagram今日”上寫：“我想做一些能讓我回想起奧運(yùn)的紀(jì)念品。他的鐵粉甚至可以購買湯姆?戴利牌的編織工具包，包括一個(gè)圖樣、兩套織針和 14團(tuán)羊毛毛線。 戴利補(bǔ)充說，對(duì)他來說，“跳水和編織是齊頭并進(jìn)的”。他在很多不同的地方找到靈感。他說：“一只蜜蜂落在我的手臂上，我想‘這可能會(huì)成為一件有趣的毛衣’，我就以蜜蜂為靈感設(shè)計(jì)一件毛衣。” 關(guān)于巴黎奧運(yùn)，他覺得有些元素必須有。他說：“我想把巴黎、國旗、主題色融入其中，（創(chuàng)造）一件真正的紀(jì)念品。”(Translated by Debra) Words to Learn 相關(guān)詞匯 【擺弄】bǎinòng twiddle move something repeatedly between your fingers 【紀(jì)念品】 jìniànpǐn memento souvenir | 