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The Caithness Gansey
An item recently put in the Caithness Field Club Bulletin section seems
to have sparked some interest. We have set up this section to
contain the information and photographs coming in. - Bill Fernie 28
March 2005.
We would be interested in adding other photographs or information
about Ganseys in Caithness. If you have any information on the
subject of family photos with Ganseys get in touch. Patterns would
also be of interest whether printed or hand written.
They Lived By the Sea
Folklore and Ganseys Of the Pentland Firth
This booklet now out of print was written by the late Hetty Munro and we
have obtained permission from family to publish the booklet. We
have made a start with two patterns and will eventually get round to
publishing the rest of the booklet at a later date.
Traditional Knitting Patterns
J.I. Bramman
Mention traditional knitting patterns and most people will call to mind
Aran, Fair Isle and Shetland: but Caithness? - Never! And yet the
fishing communities of the Caithness coast in the past century shared
with similar communities down the whole East Coast of Britain a lively
tradition of patterns which were incorporated in fishermen's jerseys and
guernseys.....
Links
Shetland Museum - Ganseys Project
The Fishermen's Ganseys - Fish Tales
Fishermen's Ganseys - Norfolk Museum
Flamborough
Marine - Ganseys
A Short History Of the Hand Knitted Gansey - A Pdf file |
