What’s On Fife - 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.

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.

Image credit: Jamie Simpson.

• 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…

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