My “Hobby” becoming even more personal, morphing into a business and letting ‘the passion shine through’ …
Hello World! Let me introduce myself and my journey to today (October 2021)
I am Stephen Hayden and up until 2011, my life was pretty normal – Play Hard, Work Hard, Enjoy Life
Around October 2011, life started to change. I complained to my Doctor, that I had a stomach problem. 3 Years of Hospitals, tests, tablets, and various opinions, I collapsed at work!
More Tests, and being poked & prodded about by Doctors led to being told, in March 2014, ‘Sorry, but you have Lung-Cancer’ . In July 2014 the upper lobe of my right lung was removed and I was having breathing difficulties.
This lead to getting “Frozen Shoulder” in my right arm, and requiring 2 operations and nerve blockers for the op’s, as I couldn’t have General Anaesthetic.
In April 2019, after even more tests and tablets, sorting out the stomach Issues again. I needed to have an ileostomy operation, to stop the chronic bloating and constant pain.
While on a Family holiday, my Mother-in-Law, threw a ball of wool at me, along with a crochet hook and said, ‘get moving that shoulder’.
I picked up the knitting needles and started knitting again, something I learnt as a 10 year old, taught by my Nan. Like riding a bike, you never forget how!
I started with basic items like scarf’s, hats & phone cases but soon progressed. An engineers brain with nimble fingers!
I’m now turning my passion into a business, continuing my recovery whilst putting smiles onto the faces of some amazing people.
With the world as my Oyster, I am letting my creative design thoughts expand!!
