Guernsey knitting patterns

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The Guernsey Wrap is finished but – surprise – it’s a different color! When I started this wrap, I began it in Madelinetosh Vintage (a superwash yarn) in Bark, but as I knit it u…

The gansey I’ve been knitting since early February is now done and has been worn already. It is time to reflect on the process and consider what I have learnt, both for my own benefit and tha…

Coming in late July 2018! Knitting Ganseys has been hailed a classic and has delighted knitters for 25 years. Now comes the revised and expanded

This Guernsey Style Baby Blanket Free Knitting Pattern is made to mimic the beautiful texture and coziness of an old-time fisherman’s sweater.

Read "Patterns for Guernseys, Jerseys & Arans Fishermen's Sweaters from the British Isles" by Gladys Thompson available from Rakuten Kobo. For hundreds of years the fishermen of the British Isles have gone to the sea wearing Guernsey and Jersey sweaters. Amon...

Photo above © patknitsocksThis knitting pattern is available as a free download... Download Pattern: Gansey Sampler Scarf

This video knitting tutorial will help you learn how to knit the guernsey cast on. This method of starting a project is a decorative cast on traditionally used when making Guernsey sweaters.

I flit from one enthusiasm to another and my bookshelf charts my crazes for various crafts from long abandoned papier mache and wirework, a brief dalliance with natural dyeing and book binding, an …

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