Traditional gansey from the inland waterways of England. The pattern is taken from a gansey in the National Waterways Museum in Gloucester and was originally knitted by “a woman from Bootle”, near Liverpool, sometime in the 1930s.

The original gansey in the museum is knitted in the round in wool; Mike Clark’s pattern here has it knitted flat, with written out instructions (not charts), and in cotton. It would be easy enough to work it back into the round and re-chart the patterns, using gansey yarn.

It is from a site about the Leeds Liverpool Canal, its history and traditions.

From the pattern:
Materials: 21 (50 gram) balls of Owen dark cotton, pair of no. 14 [US 0, 2.00mm] and no. 13 [US 1, 2.25mm] needles
Measurements: To fit chest 40-42 in (102-107cm); length from top of shoulders 25 in (64cm); sleeve seam 20 in (51cm).
Tension: Cast on 12 stitches on no. 13 needles. Work 18 rows in stocking stitch and cast off. The square should measure 2 ins (5cm) each way.