In the past I showed you a few of the ganseys I knitted - see picture for 2 of them. I followed my grannies' ideas and kept to the tradition of Scheveningen.
I got an email announcing an American book on the subject. see link.There was something new to me: a gusset under the arm. My gran used to add triangles to the sides of the top of the sleeves, a gusset might be a bit more elastic/ stretchy.<
Anyway, it has given me an incentive to start a new gansey - with a gusset this time, just to try that out.
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318516Very authentic. I love those patterns. They never go out of style. I have not knitted a sweater for a long time. You did an excellent job.
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109774Wow! Martine this is such a gorgeous Jumper. I just had a look up at the word Gansey, as I didn't know what it was. Downunder we call it a Guernsey, same thing, just different spelling. Your work is superb, do you make up your own pattern, or do you follow a pattern from a knitting book? Love Chris
P.S. I only made 2 jumpers for my Dad and I've kept the green one as we had the powder baby blue one on him for his funeral. I haven't knitted for years!
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by mops
12 Aug 2018
I don't use a pattern, just take some measurements, make a swatch to get the size right and go from there. I do, however, take pictures afterwards to record what I did. And Remember what I saw my grannies used as patterns. One did mostly columns, the other more horizontal or a combination of both. The patterns all had names, like sand, waves, standing ropes (like ladders), nets (like lozenges), lightning (vertical zigzags) etc. The width of the repeats varies - personal choice or depending on the width of the garment.
One gran always knitted on double pointed needles, the other preferred to knit flat - not original, but she found it easier to handle and take with her. I use circular needles.
There are some very old family pictures of my grandfather and his crew made on the Orkneys and in Aberdeen, wearing their ganseys/guernseys; not very sharp pictures and yellowed with age, but worth keeping.
How comforting to know your father wore the sweater you knitted!
23450514637Now I am intrigued, have not heard of a gusset under the arm....I don't see a link here, Martine...This sweater is gorgeous....
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by mops
11 Aug 2018
Oops .. added it now. The sleeves are not shaped at the top but all stitches are cast off in one go. The gusset gives some extra width and ease of movement. I think I would craft the gusset and corresponding stitches from the sleeve together - or knit the sleeves top down (not traditional - my grannies would disapprove).
by basketkase
11 Aug 2018
LOL.....I have broken so many knitting rules that I can't count them.....I am working on a sweater now that I am in the process of shaping the sleeve shoulder, so will definitely check this link out...….
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