British Gansey Patterns

Chelsea's Heart Gansey

Intermediate. Six sizes. Hearts and baby cables adorn this child's circularly knit gansey made with overlapped split welts and margin rib, underarm gussets, shoulder extensions, and neckline gussets. The gauge is 6 stitches and 8 rnds/inch in St st.

Featured Techniques: Knotted Cast-on, split overlapped welts, underarm gussets

Yarn: Guernsey yarn or other smooth sport weight

Finished Sizes: 22", 24", 26", 28", 30", 32"

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Materials

• Yarn: 4 (4, 5, 6, 8, 10) 50-g skeins of sport-weight yarn (184 yd per skein)

•  Needles: U.S. 2 and 4 (2.75- and 3.5-mm) dpn and 16-in. (40-cm) circular needles, or sizes needed to obtain gauge.

•  Notions: Stitch markers, cable needle, stitch holders

Classes: Traditional Gansey Techniques, Traditional Construction Techniques for Ganseys, Designing Ganseys: A Three to Five Day Intensive Workshop

Patterns: At Sea, The Big Easy, Chelsea's Heart Gansey, Classic Gansey Cardigan, Diamonds and Triangles, Grace's Cardigan, Jerod's Gansey, Muted Musician, Snakes and Ladders, The White Gansey