Ability Level - Intermediate

Comprising Fife Banded Gansey, matching Bobble Hat and Sea Boot Stockings. Note this gansey is traditionally a short length from neck to hem

To knit complete set requires: 1 pair size 19 (1 mm/US size 00000) knitting needles 100metres/109-yards 1-ply wool (individual requirements are - 25 metres/28 yards for hat or stockings and 50 metres/56 -yards for gansey), 2 stitch holders.

Approximate finished sizes
Gansey – 5 cm/2-inches neck to hem, sleeve length 4 cm/1½-inches
Sea boot stockings – leg length (with rib turned down) 4 cm/1½-inches, foot length 2 cm/¾-inch
Hat - 2 cm/¾-inch top to brim,

Gauge – this is not important as doll house dolls (like humans) vary in size

NOTES
Traditional colours for gansey are off white for Hebridean Fishing Fleet, black for the Scottish Fishing Fleet, and navy blue for the English and Welsh Fishing Fleets.

Ganseys were traditionally knitted ‘ in the round ’ i.e. on 4 or more needles but due to size restrictions, this gansey is knitted on 2 needles. The patterns for the gansey were never written down, but passed down through families.

Although the pattern on this gansey is from Fife on the east coast of Scotland, similar patterns can be found in ganseys from other parts of Scotland, as well as Norfolk and Cornwall. This is possibly due to the fish wives following the herring fleet around the British Isles

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