Record number GP54         Identification           Simple name gansey pattern         Full name double diamonds & moss stitch & vertical & indigenous         Other name Billy West's double meshes and hailstones gansey (fisherman #3)         Classified name 4.151.721             System SHIC         Brief description Gansey pattern, hand knitted double meshes and hailstones gansey worn by Billy West (number 3 back row) in a studio photograph of 12 Sheringham fishermen about 1900 - 1910         Association           Nature wearer         Person fisherman : West, Billy         Place & Sheringham & Norfolk         Activity fishing         Date 1900 (c)         Production           Method hand knitted         Person knitter :         Date 1910 (pre)         Place & Sheringham & Norfolk         Technical data 10.4 spi,14.7 rpi             Note3 tension         Note Hailstones 8 x 5 = 40; meshes 18 x 9 = 162; dividers = 9; seam stitches 2; total 213 x 2 = 426. Cast on 428 gives 107 ribs. Measuring at life-size 29 sts = 71 mm = 10.4 spi. At 10.4 spi = 41 inch chest. Height of yoke 26 meshes = 156 sts. = 10.6 in         Preproduction           Simple name photograph         Full name b/w studio photograph         Reference number CRRMU : CP1753         Note Copied 1986 by 5x4 negative. Possibly taken at Grimsby. Photo by Hellis and Sons, London-based photographers who had many studios.         Photography           Type digitised image       1753_3.jpg         Research           Result pattern chart         Person charted by : Warren, Martin         Person swatch knitted by : Smith, Val         Date 9.8.2019         Documentation         GP54.jpg         Reference number GP54_chart.pdf         Documentation group           Documentation           Link shering.html         Recorder Warren, Martin : 9.8.2019