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For hundreds of years the fishermen of the British Isles have gone to the sea wearing Guernsey and Jersey sweaters. Among landlubbers as well, these sweaters are perennially popular, but, especially in this country, it is often hard to find practical instructions for the patterns that are traditional in Britain. Here is a book that presents fully 82 different genuine folk patterns for both the lighter weight Jerseys and the heavier Guernseys, and diagrams many more patterns that you can use in your knitting.
The author gives the names of the stitches and patterns traditionally used in making Jerseys and Guernseys, and she tells you exactly how to knit every sweater in this book using those patterns and stitches. Here you will find patterns taken from sweaters found in Yorkshire, Norfolk, the west coast of Ireland, the Scottish Hebrides, and the Aran Islands. These are sweaters that have often been handed down from father to son for several generations, they wear so well. Instructions for these sturdy sweaters are given row by row for knitting fronts, backs, sleeves, and necks, in the traditional fashion. Each set of instructions is accompanied by a diagram of the pattern and, often, by a photograph of the finished sweater. All of these sweaters can be worn by either men or women, but the author has also provided full directions for making two sets of sweaters and cardigans expressly adapted for ladies' wear. Mrs. Thompson also includes interesting information about the people who gave her the patterns for this book.
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Patterns for Guernseys, Jerseys and Arans
2013, Dover Publications, Incorporated
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Patterns for Guernseys, Jerseys and Arans
2013, Dover Publications, Incorporated
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130632677X 9781306326773
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Patterns for guernseys, jerseys, and arans: fishermen's sweaters from the British Isles
1979, Dover Publications
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- 3d rev. ed.
0486227030 9780486227030
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Patterns for guernseys, jerseys and arans: fishermen's sweaters from the British Isles.
1979, Dover Publications
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Patterns for guernseys, jerseys, and arans: fishermen's sweaters from the British Isles
1971, Dover Publications
in English
- 2d rev. ed.
0486227030 9780486227030
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1955 ed. published under title: Guernsey and jersey patterns; 1969 ed. published under title: Patterns for guernseys and jerseys.
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