Record number GP49
   
    Identification  
        Simple name gansey pattern
        Full name cables & vertical & indigenous
        Other name Jimmy 'Chibbles' Bishop's small cables gansey
        Classified name 4.151.721
            System SHIC
        Brief description Gansey pattern of small cable columns knitted for Jimmy 'Chibbles' Bishop, Sheringham fisherman by Edie Middleton in the 1930s or 1940s; very fine
   
    Association  
        Nature wearer
        Person fisherman : Bishop, Jimmy 'Chibbles'
        Place & Sheringham & Norfolk
        Activity fishing
        Date  
   
    Production  
        Method hand knitted
        Person knitter : Middleton, Edith Blanche ("Edie", nee Holsey)
        Date 1930 = 1950
        Place & Sheringham & Norfolk
        Technical data 10.3 spi
            Note3 tension
        Note Check this out with the register. The Cromer Museum Modes record online contradicts itself: Edith Middleton or Esther Nurse?
   
    Preproduction  
        Simple name gansey
        Full name  
        Reference number CRRMU : 1986.15.2
        Note  
   
    Description  
        Part:dimen:reading chest : circumference : 34 inches
        Part:dimen:reading body : height : 20.5 inches
        Part:dimen:reading sleeve : length : 16.5 inches
        Part:dimen:reading sleeve : depth : 16.5 inches
        Part:dimen:reading neck : height : 2.75 inches
        Part:dimen:reading plain body : height : 7.5 inches
        Part:dimen:reading welt : height : 1.5 inches
        Part:aspect:desc false seam : width : 2 purl stitches
        Material 3-ply worsted (navy)
   
    Photography  
        Type digitised image
   
 
GP49_1.jpg
   
    Research  
        Result pattern chart
        Person charted by : Warren, Martin
        Person swatch knitted by : Smith, Val
        Date 15.4.2019
        Documentation  
   
 
GP49.jpg
        Reference number GP49_chart.pdf
        Note Details verified 20.1.2020
   
    Documentation group  
        Documentation  
        Link shering.html
   
    Recorder Warren, Martin : 15.4.2019
   
    Notes This is a very small gansey; in fact it was so small that Jimmy Chibbles couldn't wear it. It has been re-necked in a coarser wool and recuffed. 10 stitches per inch. The rib is k2, p2. Rigs are 2 rows purl, 2 rows plain and the shouder strap has 3 rigs per side, grafted in the centre.