ganseys

Finishing Ketki's gansey, a few other ganseys to knit, your husband's hospital stay, etc.

Jean's Knitting Jean 2009

Frank Meadow Sutcliffe devoted much of his career as a photographer to the fisherfolk of Whitby, and his nineteenth-century images feature a kaleidoscope of ganseys in action.

Archive 2008-03-01 Unionpearl 2008

The most famous ganseys come from the Yorkshire coast: Filey, Scarborough, Whitby, but were also made extensively in East Anglia, especially Sheringham.

Archive 2008-03-01 Unionpearl 2008

Texture in ganseys is achieved almost entirely through knit-purl combinations or through judicious use of relatively small cables.

A to Z: G is for Gansey Unionpearl 2008

Frank Meadow Sutcliffe devoted much of his career as a photographer to the fisherfolk of Whitby, and his nineteenth-century images feature a kaleidoscope of ganseys in action.

A to Z: G is for Gansey Unionpearl 2008

Agreed wrt ganseys being a pain to knit at such a small gauge.

A to Z: G is for Gansey Unionpearl 2008

Texture in ganseys is achieved almost entirely through knit-purl combinations or through judicious use of relatively small cables.

Archive 2008-03-01 Unionpearl 2008

The most famous ganseys come from the Yorkshire coast: Filey, Scarborough, Whitby, but were also made extensively in East Anglia, especially Sheringham.

A to Z: G is for Gansey Unionpearl 2008

Although ganseys from various regions were different, they had some similarities.

A Passion for Knitting Nancy J. Thomas 2002

Noted Scots author and designer Alice Starmore believes that the origins of Aran knitting were similar to those of fishermen’s ganseys, except that Arans have cables in addition to knit-and-purl patterning.

A Passion for Knitting Nancy J. Thomas 2002