Launched by the Scottish Fisheries Museum, based in Anstruther, the nationwide Knitting the Herring project has delved into the stories behind the gansey – from the intricate patterns which were ...

Plymouth's lost fishing jumper is being knitted once more as part of a new project to teach people how to make them. The traditional garment of the city's fishers up until the 1970s, the gansey is ...

And a display of historic hand-knitted and modern machine made ganseys - a hardwearing fisherman's jumper - will be at the Sheringham Museum from today. More than 30 of the knitted items from ...

Gansey knitting kits cost from £80.70 and contain five-ply worsted Guernsey wool, a set of five double-ended 2.5mm steel needles, individual body and sleeve charts, and full instructions for the ...

More than 60 of the hand-knitted, intricately patterned woollen jumpers are on show - draped across the seafront museum's eight-strong fleet of historic lifeboats and fishing boats and hanging in ...

A fisherman's gansey was once his most distinctive feature. A navy blue jumper, patterned on the top half and part of the sleeves, was a proud possession. It was likely to be knitted by a loved ...

Every brigade member was measured for a gansey, which is an update on the original dating from 1866. Each took between 55 and 70 hours to knit, and there are examples on show at South Shields ...

Anyone who can knit a new jumper in time for the first show can call Mr Gladwin on 07939- 031405. For details of his Gosforth show, call 07796-863-085.

The Gansey Girl depicts a young woman knitting a gansey, the traditional jumper worn by fishermen. The bronze sculpture will be part of the Bridlington Maritime Trail which is marking its tenth ...

Knit-Picking gansey "The original English and Scottish fisherman's gansey was knit in dark blue," said Rosa Meehan, a curator at the National Museum of Ireland. (The sweaters are also known as ...