The Cornish Knitter - Episode 10 - Ganseys, Socks and a Field Sweater
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- Опубліковано 18 вер 2024
- The Cornish Knitter - Episode 10
Hello, I am Jane from Falmouth in Cornwall, UK. I am an avid knitter and co-owner of Stitches and Cream, a yarn shop that specialises in natural fibres and British yarns.
www.stitchesan...
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Find me on IG: @stitchesandcreamfalmouth
What I am wearing:
Field Sweater by Camilla Vad www.ravelry.co...
Yarn: Knit By Numbers KBN132
Off the Needles:
Falmouth Harbour Hat www.ravelry.co...
Falmouth Harbour Mittens www.ravelry.co...
Kits: www.stitchesan...
Yarn: Cumbria by the Fibre Company www.stitchesan...
Stitches and Cream Shawl KAL
Erysimum Shawl by Celine Feyten www.ravelry.co...
Aster Shaw by Natashja Hornby www.ravelry.co...
Knitting plans
Kids Porty Cardigan by Gudrun Johnston www.ravelry.co...
Galanta Vest by Carol Feller www.ravelry.co...
Honorary mentions:
www.rawwoolcom...
Comfort Road Knits IG @comfortroadknits
Hi Jane, thank you for taking us to Polpero! ❤️
My pleasure 😇
Lovely new yarn choices for your shop Jane.❤
Thank you! 😊
Hello Jane - thank you so very much for another lovely visit with you 😊 I’m looking forward to seeing the Field Cardigan too - such a lovely design. And thanks for the wonderful visit to Polperro - such a beautiful little place, I could just smell the sea air! And another little note about place names in Tasmania and their connection to Cornwall and the UK - we also have an Eddystone Point Lighthouse and this area is also known as Larapuna to the aboriginal population. The whole north-east of our state has many names from the UK - including a little town called Cornwall where there’s a coal mine - the current population is listed as 82!!😂
Wow. Makes me want to visit even more. Thank you for sharing this little bit of history 😊
@@thecornishknitter well Jane you have a welcoming tourist guide in me once you’ve made the 24 hour trip! 😀
@@elizabethrutledge8182 don’t worry I will be in touch if I can sort it out 😜
Thoroughly enjoyed this video and in particular the visit to the local museum. Thank you
Our pleasure! So glad you enjoyed my ramblings 😊
Another enjoyable video.
Thank you 😊
I started a Gansey for hubby after reading about them in a functional novel. I'd never heard of it. So as I do, whilst googled, Gansey. Well then I went down a rabbit hole, learning all about them. I immediately decided I had to make one. As it turns out, we had a trip planned to the UK, and so I thought it would be ideal. I live in Queensland, Australia. I'm used to knitting a jumper in 3 weeks. Well, this one took me 12 weeks. I must admit every so often I stopped to knit something else, then picked it up again. I used Australian Wool from the Bendigo Woollen Mills, size 5 needles. In a not quite charcoal grey. I was so proud of the outcome. He wore it almost non-stop on the trip, which was Aug, Sep, Oct 2023. I've been hearing about Ganseys everywhere since. Many, many people commented on his jumper and asked where he got it. He proudly told them my wife made it! Don't know if I'll make another, but I'm glad I did it. I'm currently in Mumbai, knitting The Ingrid Sweater (Man) by Petite Knits for my son-in-law. Much lighter, for our Aussie winter. Lot of pattern, but I'm enjoying it.
Love your show, I've been on board since day one. Was hoping to meet you on our trip, but I didn't make it. Love your trips outside the shop, maybe I'll get there one day.😊
Thank you for sharing your gansey story. I think they are an investment knit none that you can return to again and again and will last for ever once done. Your husband must be very knitworthy ☺️ thank you for the lovely feedback and glad you enjoy my ramblings and little walks in Cornwall too xx
Really love the variety of knitting in your podcast!
Thank you! 😊
Always enjoy your podcast! Trip footage to Pipers at the end is beautiful!
Thank you 😊
Your knits are beautiful. I'm not a sock knitter, but I'm subscribing. The hat and mitts are really gorgeous.
Thank you 😊
Loved the footage of Polperro. We were there in 2022 and had a lovely time. You are right, the streets are very narrow and it was a frightful experience for us Yanks to try to get through the teeny tiny streets with our rental car. We missed the museum. Will have to try again on another visit. Love your Field sweater.
Thank you. 😊 I can only imagine how difficult it must be with a car!
I love all your videos Jane. Thank you for putting the time and effort in for us. Can’t wait to hear more about your next kal the cowl. A treat to see Polperro we’ve only ever visited the west coast.
Thank you so much! 😊
Lovely trip and loved the history of the Gansey. Love your sweater!
Thanks so much! 😊
Hi Jane 👋 Good to see you again. Enjoyed the trip too Polpero, lovely village, was interesting to hear about the families knitting the Guernsey’s , knitting was part of their everyday life. Thanks for Sharing. Take Care ❤
Glad you enjoyed it and thank you 😊
Thank you for sharing your trip to see the museum. So interesting. I would be interested in a cowl knit along.
Thank you for watching 😊
I love your podcast. Been to Cornwall many times. I live in Ontario Canada
Thank you 😊
Your Field sweater is beautiful, Jane. Lovely podcast. The trip to Polperro was amazing! What a beautiful little fishing village.
Thank you so much! It was lovely to go back I haven’t been there for a while and the sun came out too! 😊
Thank you for all the time and effort you put in to your podcasts. I’ve made a couple of Gansey sweaters so found the museum very interesting.. Wish I lived closer and could visit your shop. I’d be your best customer. 🇺🇸
You are so welcome! Glad you enjoyed it
Hi Jane, as per usual lovely podcast, thoroughly enjoyed the trip to Polperro, I’ve visited many times but not since before Covid, it brought all the lovely memories back, I can smell the pasty’s from here!
I’d be very interested in the KAL cowl pattern, everyone needs one in the winter. Love all your beautiful natural colour on the new stock, must get down to see you soon. Best wishes x
Thank you. I will give more info soon about the KAL and do come and visit 😊
Another enjoyable podcast thanks Jane. Love your field sweater, the colour is beautiful on you. I really enjoyed the walk around Polperro. We are planning to visit Cornwall next summer and it's great to get an idea of the different villages. The gansey museum was very interesting, I'm originally from Scarborough and ganseys were worn by the fishermen around there too. I have one on the needles somewhere in the house but as you said it's hard going so has been on a break for a few years now!! Hopefully it will get finished one day.
Also wanted to say I am excited at the prospect of visiting your shop. That wall of yarn behind you has so many beautiful possibilities.
Thank you. It is a great little village to visit and especially the museum is worth it. I love that you have one hidden somewhere 😂 that would be me too 😜
Your Polpero film is so charming. I do appreciate those little visits to Cornwall. Many thanks Jane.❤
Glad you enjoyed it ❤️
A lovely catch up with the gorgeous yarns and I’m progressing slowly with my erysimum shawl. It was lovely seeing Polperro. I’ve had a few visits there in the past and also walked along the coastal path to Talland Bay. I’m pleased you showed the shell house as well. 😊
Thank you. It is beautiful so couldn’t miss that out. I wondered about how they maintain it though as it must get some wear and tear with the weather etc. 🤔
New subscriber here! I’m a crocheter at heart but want to learn more into knitting. This channel has inspired me . Thank you
Thanks Jane for sharing your visit to Polpero. Great seeing some of the history of the gansey. Your Field sweater is very attractive. I too am looking forward to the release of the cardigan. I have seen pictures & have noted the front bands are knitted at the same time as the body of the cardigan, so no steeking. I'm currently knitting a summer Tee, Zeva by Laura Aylor. See you next time. Barbara (from NZ)
Thank you. Apparently it is knitted back and forth so that will be different. Definitely one to try 😊
Very interesting, love your sweater and the visit to Polperro was great, I stayed there about 50 years ago! I now live in Canada.
Oh wow! I doubt much has changed essentially apart from the gift shops and restaurants. It is such a pretty village. 🥰
I used to love Tutti Fruity sweets. Love the raw wool.
Me too! Yummy sweets and very moreish 😋
Thanks for another lovely podcast and especially for the visit to Polperro at the end. I loved your historical observations such as the references to the doomesday book and the medieval steps but I especially loved the knitting exhibition. I want to go to Polperro now as well as the other places you have shown us! Thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it! It’s a lovely place to visit 😊
I received my first sock box a couple of days ago and was excited to open it , the yarn was gorgeous, so soft I can’t believe it’s sock yarn ,thank you and the gift was great too , I had a bit of trouble printing the pattern but that was my ineptitude, I’m looking forward to the next one already
Thank you. I am usually pretty challenged by any tech too so can completely empathise with you. 🙄
Lovely to be reminded about how beautiful Polperro is. The history about the ganseys was really interesting. I've seen a few museums in the north-east and the northwest of Scotland which focus on the herring girls who followed the fish around the coast and knitted as they went. Some of the latest researchers up there have cast doubt on the idea of villages having their own pattern as the herring girls would often learn new patterns from each other. However they said that the gansays were important for identification as the women could tell who had knitted them. Are there gansey patterns that are specifically from Cornwall?
Thank you for sharing this info. I would love to visit the far north of Scotland and the Scottish isles too to learn more. There are a number of ports which have their own pattern dedicated to them. Polperro has its own distinctive pattern for example. Mary Wright had a book ‘Cornish Guernseys and Knit Frocks’ which you might find interesting 😊
Luv that Field sweater iv bought it frim ravelry .must say I must try that sleave detail .
You should give it a go 😊
Gorgeous sweater
Thank you 😊
Jane, another wonderful episode. I so enjoyed the shawl KAL (I made a Erysimum) and hope to cast on my first sock box this week. It is lovely to watch the scenery from Cornwall. Thank you for sharing! 🥰
Thank you and I am so glad you are enjoying what we are trying to do 😊
Thank you so much for sharing your travels, so beautiful, and of course your knitting is amazing. I belong to the sock club and am loving it and I would love to join the colorwork cowl Kal....count me in!
More info coming soon 😜 thank you for the lovely feedback 😊
Recently started watching your channel so I’m catching up! Love the knitting content but especially loved this visit to Polperro where I spent many happy family holidays as a child almost 50 years ago. We once stayed in Slipway Cottage which is right next door to the museum. So many happy memories, hope to visit again some day.
I now live in Northumberland and the fishing villages here also have their own traditional Gansey patterns.
Thank you for watching and Polperro is a special place so I hope you get to visit again soon. ☺️
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Hi Jane absolutely loved your journey around Polperro and would love to go onto waiting list for your sock club not sure how to ?? Xx
Thank you. It will open again on 14th Nov and there is a page on our website dedicated to it so you can register there when it’s open. No waiting list if you register between 14th and 30th you are in 🤗
Thanks for your video, and the visit to the Polperro museum. I live on the North Yorkshire coast, and am currently knitting a Filey gansey as a commission. It is a labour of love , and a way of keeping old skills alive. I knit them the traditional way on four fine needles, and it does get slightly easier with each gansey.
Wow. That is amazing. I have set aside some yarn to knit myself a gansey but I feel it will be a long term project. The history behind this traditional sweater is so interesting isn’t it? ☺️
Listening to this episode whilst knitting my sock club socks. I love your inspiration for makes and have started the Galanta vest. I didn’t have knitting in mind when I visited Polperro last year. I will definitely take a look next time. Thank you. Have a good week.
Thank you and well worth a visit to the museum next time you go 😀
The B roll was beautiful. What a pretty little village with those very narrow streets. Based on how old you said the village is, you have to think that it was something of a defensive plan if you have to navigate single file through some of those little side streets. Thank you for sharing.
I love the color you chose for your Field sweater.
You are probably right. Although they may have just been designed with horses and carts in mind. Cornwall is full of narrow streets like this so can be a nightmare for visitors if they aren’t prepared for them 🙄
Thank you for another wonderful tour Jane. Your sweater is gorgeous! The museum tour was excellent. Of course the scenery is always wonderful!
Thank you so much! 😊
I so enjoy when you share glimpses of your countryside with us! Thank you!!
More to come! And thank you 😊
Jane, it is always such a pleasure to listen to you. I love your calm and positive attitude and i so envy you for where you live and work. Thank you so so much for sharing.
Bst wishes from Germany,
Pinguinpullover
Thank you. I am a fairly chilled sort of person and I am glad that comes across on screen. I just love chatting to people and connecting with such a lovely community so thank you for taking the time to watch and comment 😊
I love the piece on the Gansey Museum. In Irish (As Gaeilge) the word for jumper is Geansai, both are pronounced the same. Beautiful patterns and a shared history with traditional Aran Geansais here. thank you for you vlogs and all the time and effort you put into them.
Thanks for the info! ☺️
I live in Plymouth and loved the Polperro video and now think I will pay the museum a visit to see the knitting . Thank you for sharing this .
Definitely worth a visit. Check opening times as they may be shorter outside the summer months but I really enjoyed it. 😊
I agree Jane, being part of the KAL Ravalry group is heartwarming 😌
Thank you that’s a lovely thing to hear 🥰
Very interesting to hear about the sock club. The museum with the ganseys was really good. Nice to see examples of the patterns. I didn't know kids knitted parts of them too, I thought it was just the adults. Wow! I always enjoy the tours around your local area. So beautiful. Another lovely podcast Jane 🙂
Thank you and the history of them is fascinating. On my to do list to actually knit wine but it will be a labour of love I feel with those tiny needles. 😊
If you do ever knit one you must show it on your podcast x
"Last time I've talked a bit about what I planned... I've not done any of them." Finally, a truly relatable knitting influencer ;)
I'm loving the sock club too! (Although as you already know Dutch customs loves my box so much they want to admire it for a very long time.) I can imagine it's so much work for you, but it's so lovely to have this connection with sock knitters all over.
Thank you. Haha. That is typical of me. I started with really good intentions but the sock club and KAL have kept me pretty busy. 😊😂
Your b roll of Polpero and it's Ganseys is beautiful 🩷❤️ I love all knitters exploration and tradition and thank you for taking us there
You are so welcome! 🥰
Thank you so much for sharing more of your part of the world. This was very enjoyable to watch. I really appreciate the time and effort you put into these wonderful videos.
Thank you. I enjoy making them just don’t enjoy the editing process so much 🙄😂😂
Another lovely podcast. The end walk about in Polperro were very interesting and inviting to see. Thank you for sharing. Look forward to the next one.
Thank you. I enjoyed my little visit and love showing people around Cornwall too 😊
Thank you..I loved the Gansey sweaters/ knitting tour, and all the beautiful yarns in your shop
Thank you 😊
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Your sweater and the yarn color are beautiful! Your videos are so relaxing, but also very inspiring and informative. Enjoy your week.❤
Thank you! You too! 😊
Another lovely podcast. Loved your story about your plane journey. Your sweater is so nice. Great to see Polpero. So pretty. But sad it’s full of second homes. Thank you Jane 🏴
Thank you. Oh dear that plane trip was a source of much laughter for my family. I fear I will not live it down for a while. At least I wasn’t listening to Fifty shades or something just a boring old thriller. 😳😂
What perfect timing for me to see your visit to the museum in Polperro. I write a family history newsletter here in America for our Cornish side and beside current family activities, I always try to include a little Cornish history. I had just mentioned in the last newsletter a little about Ganseys and the museum. Thank you so much for sharing that!
What a lovely thing to do. Let me know if you would like any other places visited in line with your newsletter and I will see what I can do now the holiday season is over 😊
Your Field Sweater is beautiful Jane❤
Thank you 🥰 such a lovely pattern
Such a wonderful video! Thank you for taking us along to the Gansey museum. Your shawl is looking beautiful!
I’ve been knitting on the Lounge Sweater while watching.
Thank you. I like to knit as I watch UA-cam videos too 😊
Love the sweater you are wearing. I have never knitted socks but would be interested in joining the sock club. Thanks for showing us Polperro it’s been years since I was last there. It is so lovely to have knitting on UA-cam.
You are so welcome! If you pop onto our website on 14th Nov sock club will be open again for 2 weeks 😊
Thank you for telling us the breeds represented in your yarns and some of their properties. I would like to know more about these choices and how they look when made up. The gansey museum was great! Just too bad that the reflection meant we couldn’t see the designs. But the details in the pattern strips were terrific.
Thank you. Yea it was difficult because the sun made the reflections worse but hopefully you got a sense of what was in there. I will share more about the yarns and fibres in other videos too. Glad you like hearing about them 😊
What a lovely podcast , I really enjoyed it , Polperro looks amazing x
Thank you. It is a pretty village to visit 🥰
That is one buff hubbie 😮😅
Haha. I won’t tell him that he will be insufferable 😩
Enjoyed your video just found your channel really enjoyed it and the footage at the end
Thank you. So glad you enjoyed it ☺️
great episode, again!
I loved Polpero, those houses clenching to those rocks, it is amazing!
I wonder were did they get the wool for those lovely sweaters? are there so many black sheep? or are they dye?
I am like you and like to know what the garnment should look like before I invest time into knitting!
greetings from 🇨🇭
Thank you. I guess they dyed them with indigo as they tended to be dark navy even in those days. And hand spin I imagine too. 😊
Hello from Canada. I’m enjoying the Sock Club very much. Happy to know that it is so popular ❤
Glad you enjoy it! 🥰
Lovely tour of Polperro. You did a beautiful job on the Grain sweater.
Thank you so much! 😊
Your Erysimum goes quite well with your field sweater! 🤩I love your "little walkarounds". I have a deep love for the sea and the Cornish fishing villages are so beautiful!🥰 I'm curious about the colourwork cowl and already contemplate whom I would knit it for 🙂
Thank you. I will share more details about the twixmas KAL soon. The match of shawl and sweater was definitely a happy accident 😂
It would be lovely to hear the story behind the Raw Wool Company. I purchased some when I was in England last year and it knit up beautifully! I always try to purchase local yarn on my travels. Of course, there are so many wonderful yarns in the UK, that I must go back soon. 🤗
Thank you. We will definitely record something to share soon 😊
A great podcast as always, so lovely to end with a visit to Polperro, l haven’t been there in years. Just started my socks from the sock club, l joined in order to try some new techniques, l have tried magic loop before without success, and after numerous frustrating attempts l have gone back to my 25cm circular needle, l felt a bit deflated to fall at the first hurdle, but l am loving the yarn choice, so have compensated myself by accepting the opportunity to try new yarn instead! 🧶❤
Don’t worry it is one of those techniques that some purple get and others just don’t. Email me direct if you struggle with it and we can have a chat
Thank you, much appreciated
I loved the visit to the village, Jane. I’m going to keep an eye out for an opening of your sock club. I got a question- when you come to a knot in the yarn(I’m thinking it was a break via processing) do I just knit hoping the knot is indivisible or do I break the yarn and weave in the new ends myself?
Great question. I think it depends a bit in the yarn. If it is superwash and smooth you will notice the knot for sure so best to cut it and weave I. (Although unlikely to find them in superwash because of the process). My self I may try knitting it and hiding it at the back if the knot looked really secure but mostly I would cut the yarn and weave it in for safety sake 😊
The field cardigan is not steeked it’s knitted back and forth with purl rows. I’m doing the test knit for Camilla
Oh that will be different then. Definitely going on my to do list 😊
Just finished the test knit. Be careful there is no positive ease so a little snug at the hips if you will be getting the pattern field cardigan. My field jumper was a perfect fit. . I think she should have out that in the pattern so I would have added some stitches but overall a beautiful knit.
I love the Field Sweater and the colour is lovely on you. How difficult a knit is it? Could you let me know the name of a needle kit you mentioned in one of your Vlogs please? It was a kit you used for sock knitting. I've looked through some of the Vlogs but I can't find it now. Thank you
Hiya. The field sweater is lovely but you need to focus when you are doing the yoke stitches. Non of it is complicated if you follow the pattern it just takes some concentration and focus. When you have finished the grain stitches it is plain sailing. Socks wise I probably showed the Chiagoo mini set for socks (red set) but I also use Addi Sock Wonders too if I want shorties.
Do you know if Knit Pro cables are compatible with Lantern moon circ. Interchangeable needles please
Unfortunately not. Most needle brands seem to have their own system which is a shame as it would be so useful to be able to swap them around 😌
Could you recommend a yarn from your shop .😊
We have so many that I would recommend but it depends what you like to knit. One of my faves is Herd though and Raw Wool of course 😊