{"id":812552,"date":"2026-10-24T15:42:16","date_gmt":"2026-10-24T15:42:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/812552\/"},"modified":"2026-10-24T15:42:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-24T15:42:16","slug":"princess-kates-crafty-project-for-prince-george-that-completely-unravelled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/812552\/","title":{"rendered":"Princess Kate&#8217;s crafty project for Prince George that completely unravelled"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Princess Kate has long been celebrated for embracing her creative side, participating in art projects during royal engagements and regularly showcasing her considerable talent for photography <a data-ylk=\"elmt:article-inline-link;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/royals\/public-funding-sovereign-grant-king-37774067\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">through portraits of her family<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> And while the Princess of Wales appears to excel at virtually everything she turns her hand to, she once confessed that there is one craft she simply couldn&#8217;t get to grips with when she attempted it several years ago &#8211; knitting.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Kate revealed that she first gave knitting a go in 2013 while pregnant with her eldest child <a data-ylk=\"elmt:article-inline-link;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/prince-george\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Prince George<\/a>, hoping to master the skill in order to craft some hand-knitted garments for her newborn. <\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <a data-ylk=\"elmt:article-inline-link;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/uk-news\/queen-royals-prince-william-harry-37778745\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Late Queen&#8217;s mischievous sense of humour and charity shop secret revealed by royal dressmaker<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <a data-ylk=\"elmt:article-inline-link;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/royals\/meghan-markle-netflix-the-gentlemen-37787614\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Netflix hits back at Meghan Markle\u2019s claims she served as publicity for The Gentlemen<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ea0b14c4-77c6-4f33-a167-0b22ea98ddc7.jpg\"><img alt=\"Princess Kate and Prince George\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"810\" height=\"540\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ea0b14c4-77c6-4f33-a167-0b22ea98ddc7.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Princess Kate once tried to knit jumper for Prince George -Credit:WPA Pool, Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>According to <a data-ylk=\"elmt:article-inline-link;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hellomagazine.com\/healthandbeauty\/mother-and-baby\/20210811119370\/kate-middleton-pregnancy-hobby-knitting\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Hello! magazine<\/a>, she told a group of royal fans while visiting Glasgow: &#8220;I&#8217;ve been trying to knit and I&#8217;m really bad. I should be asking for tips!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> Several years later in 2020, during a visit to Bradford, Kate dropped in on Older Yet Wiser &#8211; an organisation that supports grandparents &#8211; where she met a group of grandmothers proudly demonstrating their impressive crocheting abilities.<\/p>\n<p>It was during this heartwarming encounter that Kate disclosed her failed attempt at knitting Prince George a jumper, telling the group: &#8220;I tried knitting when I first had George. I tried to knit him a very special jumper, but I got halfway down and it splattered. It&#8217;s such an amazing skill.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/2279b7fc-901f-4b79-a559-ffc915e27f9c.jpg\"><img alt=\"kate middleton talking to son george\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"810\" height=\"540\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/2279b7fc-901f-4b79-a559-ffc915e27f9c.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kate wanted to make a gift for George before he was born -Credit:PA<\/p>\n<p>The Princess of Wales has frequently embraced her creative streak during royal visits, even joining a group of children for messy play when she visited a children&#8217;s hospice last October. She quipped &#8220;the messier it is, the better the fun&#8221; as she joined youngsters playing with clouds of flour.<\/p>\n<p>Kate has long been passionate about children&#8217;s learning, as she announced last week that <a data-ylk=\"elmt:article-inline-link;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/royals\/kate-middleton-nature-childhood-research-37779651\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">she has commissioned a new research project<\/a> as part of her early years work, to explore how the role of nature can support social and emotional development in babies and young children.<\/p>\n<p>The <a data-ylk=\"elmt:article-inline-link;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/Kate-middleton\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Princess of Wales<\/a> has long been a champion of early years development with The Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood. The new research will bring together evidence, expertise and practical experience from around the UK and the <a data-ylk=\"elmt:article-inline-link;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/world-news\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">world<\/a>, to better understand how nature-rich environments can help nurture confident, curious, creative and emotionally healthy children.<\/p>\n<p>In a video to launch the research project, Kate said: &#8220;New scientific research increasingly shows just how important nature is for our psychological and physiological wellbeing.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Nature is such an extraordinary environment for us all and, in this tech-driven, digital age, spending quality time outdoors has never been more important. This project is about exploring how nature, creativity and relationships can best support the healthy development of babies and young children.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We believe that taking a whole-child approach is important, and nature becomes a wonderful place to explore how we can successfully nurture the social and emotional skills that underpin lifelong health and wellbeing.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Princess Kate has long been celebrated for embracing her creative side, participating in art projects during royal engagements&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":812553,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[6491,96,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-812552","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/812552","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=812552"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/812552\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/812553"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=812552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=812552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=812552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}