27+ traditional gansey stitches
Week 7 13 December. Ganseys are traditional fishermen wear.
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Rated for experienced knitters.
. Im happy to add it to my library but I wouldnt recommend this alone. It is knitted the round from the cast-on to the underarm then knitted flat in the upper body to the shoulders. You have to know what your previous stitch was to know what your next stitch should be on increase rows.
An in Person Class With Beth Brown-Reinsel Mar 4 900am-1200pm Mar 5 900am-1200pm Ganseys were worn by fishermen in the UK in the 19th century. To fit chest 40102cm. I have a particular fondness for the Shetland Islands and this project was a special one for me.
Week 8 20 December. Finished chest 43110cm length 2769cm sleeve 19485cm. The traditional fisherman would wear a Gansey next to the skin with the addition of a pure silk scarf to stop chaffing around the neck.
Hi I was born and grew up in Scarborough. The patterns are fine the motifs easy to use in DIY projects. So if Im knitting a gansey for myself lets say with a 47-48 inch chest that might mean 426 stitches.
I used a size 3 325mm 32 80cm circular needle. This circularly knit all-over patterned pullover has a 2 x 2 ribbing underarm gussets seam stitches shaped neckline and crew collar. Week 4 22 November.
Its also a good project to practice reading your knitting. Shell be receiving a copy of Gansey Kids and Cumbria to knit the Whitby Vest. My sources for the Fair Isle patterning were traditional Shetland charts.
To denote this he would turn up the bottom of his Gansey to let other Captains know he was. The Gansey chart is only a 12-stitch repeat there are rows of welts which serve as resting rows and the finished result looks more complicated than it is. A size 3 325mm 16 40cm circular needle.
Week 5 29 November. Then there is a selection of designs and suggested yarns. Aran or gansey I thought I can do that.
The person-I-most-enjoy-knitting-for my 17-year-old daughter recently asked me to make one of those white textured sweaters. I think it is a pretty thorough treatment of a traditional and always popular sweater style. Week 6 6 December.
Finished chest 45115cm length 27570cm sleeve 195495cm. This easy childs gansey is knitted in worsted weight yarn. These jerseys known as ganseys became and intrinsic part of the identity of the Dutchmen who wore them and their daily lives as fishermen.
The zig-zag patterning is made up of knits and purls in the traditional gansey style. So thats 275 multiplied by. Di Gilpin has a wonderful timeless elegance.
Week 8 20 December. A relatively traditional gansey with all-over cables and gussets in the underarm and shoulder. Worked bottom up and flat.
And a set of size 3 325mm double-pointed needles to knit this gansey. 1272022 24639 PM. Week 6 6 December.
These more fancy ganseys were usually worn for Sunday best and plain ganseys worn for daily. A Gansey or Aran for a Petite Miss. The gauge is 4 stsinch.
I average 12 rows to the inch so thats six hours knitting for every inch of the body. This gorgeous cabled gansey aptly named the January Gansey for one of the coldest darkest months of the year is a nod to my seafaring ancestors and to my obsession with the sea. Weve designed our interpretation with an easy fit and incorporated the traditional contrast stitching adding in a stepped back hem and side slits to provide a feminine slant.
Now my standard gansey length is 275 inches top to bottom. Knit a sampler gansey to learn how to construct a full-size sweater incorporating classic gansey methods such as the Channel Island Cast-on underarm gussets. The Gansey would also come in to play when a Fisherman was out of work.
Publication of the bestselling book Dutch Traditional Ganseys in 2013 renewed. Congratulations to our contest winner Gail L. Six sizes plus notes on adjusting armhole for mens sizing.
Week 7 13 December. 27 685cm 29 736cm 31 787cm 32 813cm 34 8636cm 36 9144cm 38 9652cm Hips 32 ½ 826cm 34 ½. But again this is an appetizer type gansey book rather than a comprehensive guide to motifs or overall patterns with details on traditional construction.
This would also create a seal to keep in heat. This book has good information on the history and design elements of traditional gansey sweaters. Week 4 22 November.
Crochet Patterns Jean Elizabeth Glass NEW So You Want to Start a Craft Business NEW Beads in a Cast-0n. Also there is a good stitch dictionary of stitch patterns suitable of gansey garments. Scarborough Ragamuffin Gansey.
Meg Roke has released a new ebook Gansey Kids full of beautiful knits inspired by traditional Gansey patternsGanseys or Geurnseys are knit sweaters traditionally worn by seamen originating from Guernsey a small island in the. Each community of the Yorkshire east coast evolved its own distinctive gansey pattern. The garment includes horizontal patterning and simple shoulder extensions seam stitches bisected underarm gussets and ribbed cuff neckband bottom edge.
Between approximately 1875 and 1950 Dutch fishermen wore sweaters with characteristic knit and purl stitch patterns sometimes cable. But as we looked at pictures together primarily in Alice Starmore books she whos a slim 5 3-12 kept saying. Different stitch patterns are used to represent characteristics of each place.
Traditional Gansey Techniques Pt 1 Fair Isle Tams Pt 1. 3 Techniques NEW Beautiful Beaded Bind-offs Option 1 Deborah Jarchow. To fit chest 3897cm.
Length to shoulder shaping. Week 5 29 November. The only cabling is across the horizontal band.
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