Some Winterton and Sheringham gansey patterns like the Larner developed with the number of rings of the pattern on the sleeves denoting the number of children in the fisherman's family.' ...

For generations, the traditional hand-knitted sweater was the herring fisherman’s uniform ... married life; the gansey’s patterns told their own stories. Should the wearer be lost at sea ...

In this way the fisherman could be returned to their family for burial. Typical gansey patterns It takes around six weeks to knit a gansey by hand. They were usually made by mothers, wives and ...

A fisherman's gansey was once his most distinctive feature ... It was likely to be knitted by a loved one and carried a pattern characteristic of the fishing port or the family.

They are an important part of Norfolk’s fishing heritage with their unique patterns and bold colours ... has given the traditional knitted gansey a new lease of life after creating a limited ...

Knitting forums now feature young crafters not just rediscovering traditional patterns but reinventing them for modern times. Take the gansey sweater, a staple of 19th century British fishing ...

Also known as the guernsey, jersey and knit-frock, the gansey is a traditional fisherman’s sweater originating in the ... so she copied a Cornish pattern from an old photograph. It set the hare ...

Lisa Little (third left) said the gansey of inclusivity would hopefully take on a "life of its own" on tour A giant fisherman's jumper ... Using a traditional gansey pattern kept at the museum ...