Fife knitting expert takes on the toughest row in the world
Fife knitting and yarn entrepreneur, Milli Abrams, is set to row solo and unsupported 3,000 miles across the Atlantic Ocean in a bid to raise money for charity.
Article Source: Milli Abrams
Last Updated: 9 January 2025 13:36
Milli will take part in The World's Toughest Row, an extreme endurance race from La Gomera in the Canary Islands to English Harbour in Antigua.
• At just 5 feet, Milli will be the shortest - and also the lightest - person ever to have rowed across an ocean.
• Milli will celebrate her 50th birthday at sea on 31st January 2026. She will be the fourth woman in her 50s to complete the row.
• Milli is the only solo female participant from the UK this year.
The race will begin in December 2025 but training and fund raising for the journey begins now.
Milli will be raising funds for environmental action charity, The 2 Minute Foundation, and CHAS (Children’s Hospices Across Scotland).
Milli founded Tribe Yarns, a curator of super high quality yarns from all over the world, in 2018 in Richmond, London. However, after a prolonged recovery from covid, she moved the business to the rural setting of Balcaskie Estate in the East Neuk of Fife. Tribe Yarns is thriving in its new home with a global reach and has become a hub for knitters and other creatives who share Milli’s passion for sustainable and vibrant slow fashion.
Milli’s ocean boat has been named Knitannia in honour of her passion for the world of yarns and knitting.
Milli said:
“I’m rowing the Atlantic because I want to do something hard. Just me and the sea. I want to know what I’m capable of. My yarn empire operates out of a newly renovated cowshed on the lovely Balcaskie Estate. I feel absolutely connected with the sea here – it’s within spitting distance for my mandatory swims and salty-strolls.
“I’ll turn 50 somewhere in that big old ocean. I will be the 4th woman EVER to have rowed an ocean in her 50’s. I yearn for some time to just stop, reflect, appreciate. I am a fast-paced, thrill-seeking, sleep-is-for-the-dead kind of soul, who usually rests only when I’ve burnt myself out. And I want to celebrate my recovery from long Covid. I'm ready to shatter my mental and physical limits and take on this wild challenge head-on! It’s time to break the rules and defy expectations and I’d hugely welcome your support in this adventure!”
The Charities:
Milli said:
“I’m racing for two charities close to my heart.
“The 2 Minute Foundation is dedicated to environmental action, encouraging people to take two minutes out of their day to make a positive impact, such as picking up litter, fostering sustainability, and creating a cleaner planet. I love how the foundation enables people to really incorporate positive environmental, and community-enhancing action in a really easy, and accessible way. And I especially love the impact this has on kids.
“CHAS provides unwavering care to children who may die young and their families, at every step on this hardest of journeys. They support families across Scotland in homes, hospices and hospitals, and their ambition is that no-one should face the death of their child alone. Three children die each week in Scotland from an incurable condition, which breaks my heart.”
This isn’t the first ocean-going adventure for Milli. Back in 2010, she set out to circumnavigate the world on a 46-foot catamaran with her husband and seven-year-old son. After crossing from the Mediterranean over the Atlantic, she and her family remained in the British Virgin Islands, where she continued to work until 2017.
Find out more and make donations at https://www.justonemorerow.org/ or follow Milli’s journey at:
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