Charts were made of these patterns (previously, these would have been passed on by word of mouth only), and Lesley recruited experienced knitters who fancied the challenge of knitting the ganseys ...

These patterns did not appear in print but were ... contributed four fishing ganseys to the exhibition. She has been knitting ganseys for the last 40 years after being taught by her mother-in ...

But I loved the wonderful patterns and textures. I have a lot of interest in the sea and to me and have been knitting ganseys for the last 12 or so years. I gathered together some volunteers and ...

Typical gansey patterns It takes around six weeks to knit a gansey by hand ... via word of mouth - they weren't written down. The ganseys are knitted without seams, all in one piece on five ...

Ganseys had a specific pattern representing each fishing port ... Thirty ganseys are now well underway through the "Gansey Gathering" knitting project run by the CIC, with 30 more knitters being ...

Knitfrock is a Polperro term, elsewhere they are called guernseys or ganseys. Each family had its own dedicated pattern so that ... By the 20th century machine knitting had taken over although ...

Knitting ganseys is really handy if you can’t afford ... from Scotland all the way down the coast and they disseminated patterns in Whitby. “They were billetted with the families and everybody ...

Other exhibits include miniature ganseys knitted by museum volunteers and strung along the Mo's windows and door frames, as well as gansey-themed artwork and memorabilia ranging from knitting ...

These patterns did not appear in print but were ... contributed four fishing ganseys to the exhibition. She has been knitting ganseys for the last 40 years after being taught by her mother-in ...