Record number GP48
   
    Identification  
        Simple name gansey pattern
        Full name herringbone & reverse stocking stitch & vertical & indigenous
        Other name Jimmy Chibbles Bishop's herringbone gansey
        Classified name 4.151.721
            System SHIC
        Brief description Gansey pattern, knitted for Jimmy Chibble Bishop, Sheringham fisherman by Esther Nurse in the 1930s or 1940s; very dark navy 4-ply worsted
   
    Association  
        Nature wearer
        Person fisherman : Bishop, Jimmy 'Chibbles'
        Place & Sheringham & Norfolk
        Activity fishing
        Date  
   
    Production  
        Method hand knitted
        Person knitter : Nurse, Esther (?)
        Date 1930 = 1950
        Place & Sheringham & Norfolk
        Technical data 9.3 spi
            Note3 tension
        Note The Cromer Museum Modes record online contradicts itself: Edith Middleton or Esther Nurse? The accession register says Esther Nurse but I am doubtful. Knitter uncertain.
   
    Preproduction  
        Simple name gansey
        Full name  
        Reference number CRRMU : 1986.15.1
        Note  
   
    Description  
        Part:dimen:reading chest : circumference : 40 inches
        Part:dimen:reading body : height : 20 inches
        Part:dimen:reading sleeve : length : 15 inches
        Part:dimen:reading sleeve : max depth : 7.75 inches
        Part:dimen:reading re-necked : height : 2.5 inches
        Part:dimen:reading re-necked : width : 6 inches
        Part:dimen:reading plain body : height : 6.5 inches
        Part:dimen:reading rigs : number : 3
        Part:dimen:reading welt : height : 1.5 inches
        Part:aspect:desc false seam : width : 2 purl stitches
        Material 4-ply worsted (dark navy)
   
    Photography  
        Type digitised image
   
 
GP48_1.jpg
   
 
IMG_20200120_112706.jpg
   
    Research  
        Result pattern chart
        Person charted by : Warren, Martin
        Person swatch knitted by : Smith, Val
        Date 20.1.2020
        Documentation  
   
 
GP48.jpg
        Reference number GP48_chart.pdf
        Note Details verified 20.1.2020
   
    Documentation group  
        Documentation  
        Link shering.html
   
    Recorder Warren, Martin : 15.4.2019
   
    Notes