Therese Inverso introduces you to the characteristics of a Guernsey\Gansey sweater. Therese also provides information on various books and yearn sources.
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@Whisky_Four-Three11 жыл бұрын
wow....I dont knit nor have I ever even picked up knitting needlels, but I do like guernsey jumpers and listening to you talk with such knowledge about your craft was very enjoyable along with seeing your work which I though was brilliant such detail you clever thing you. thanks for sharing your talent with us. cheers
@nancycampbell79593 жыл бұрын
Again, thank you David and Therese for the wonderfully quick and clear reply. I will try it on the next children's sweater that I do. So happy to have found your channel and to know that you are still active. I saw that this particular post was from 2012 but decided to reach out and hope for the best. So glad I did.
@balinandgallop583 жыл бұрын
David and I are glad you found us at Irishouse productions, too, Nancy. Have you looked at the other videos we made? Keep us posted on your progress!
@nancycampbell79593 жыл бұрын
@@balinandgallop58 Thanks!
@joan95695 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing. It is very interesting. I have one of the books, because my "wish" project is to knit a historically accurate Aran sweater. That's in my mind for the future. :))
@GOLDSMITHEXILE5 жыл бұрын
You'd have got on like a house on fire with my Grandma. She could knit ganseys while watching telly on a night. She tried her best to get me interested in knitting when I was 6 or 7 but to no avail. I wish I'd taken more notice, because I now recognise she was a brilliant craftswoman. She could just look at a new shape or pattern, memorise it and reproduce it at home. She lived in Hull (Yorkshire) all her life and died in 1981 aged 81. She owned a wool shop, her pet peeve was customers asking for "nylon wool"!
@balinandgallop585 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your comment. I'd love to have met your Grandmother! I understand her pet peeve too. Do you have/wear the Ganseys that she knit?
@mymagickalautisticjourney5 жыл бұрын
Amazing. My husband bought me one of the books you show her for my birthday one year and I'm getting my feet wet before I work up a Guernsey for him and one for me. Your video is nicely done and helps me understand some aspects I'd not considered before. You didn't scare me off, you inspired me to take this on. I'm excited to experience this. Thank you for breaking this down. I love your sweaters. They are so beautiful. You are right, it's time to start studying both book and patterns. Fun. :)
@balinandgallop585 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your good words. What is great about a guernsey (gansey) is that you can get it started, and decide what you want for the brocade design. Start by learning the Channel Island Cast On, and you can find that technique here at Irishouseproductions, under Long Tail Cast on with Variations. Channel Island Cast On is one of the variations!
@mymagickalautisticjourney5 жыл бұрын
@@balinandgallop58 I went to your video you mentioned. Thank you. Do you have a preferred yarn, wash and block method for your sweaters?
@balinandgallop585 жыл бұрын
Yes, I like using the "real" gansey wool. It's a tightly-spun 5-ply yarn, available from SchoolhousePress. If you knit your gansey properly, you won't need to block it. I wash my woolens by hand, usually using shampoo, and rinse in clear water several times, and then using the spin cycle of a washing machine to get out all the water. Then I let the sweater lie flat to dry, often with a fan blowing on it, and turning it inside out for part of the process.
@mymagickalautisticjourney5 жыл бұрын
@@balinandgallop58 I really appreciate your quick response and generosity in sharing your expertise and guidance. I went to Schoolhousepress and was blown away with their approach to yarn and all they have. Have you ever tried using their unspun Icelandic wool? I'm thinking about getting a log of it and trying it out to see how much one sweater will need. A log equates to 18 cakes in 1 ply. Looking forward to getting started. Have a wonderful day and again, thanks for your kind input.
@balinandgallop585 жыл бұрын
Dear CoBNet, Yes, yes, yes!!! Unspun Icelandic is great! I'd suggest you start with one "plate" and knit a Moeibus. I've been wearing one I knit about 15 years ago. I wind it twice around my neck when it's really cold, or once, for a scarf. Or, you could put it once around your neck, and then around your head, if you forgot your wool hat! SHP has a lot of supportive patterns for the unspun, which now also comes in dyed colors as well as the original natural colors. After you knit the Moebius, you might want to venture into the world of doubling the unspun wool and knit a Ribwarmer (count on needing 4 "plates" of the wool - I've knit dozens of Ribwarmers). Currently, the one I wear is about as old as the Moeibus and still quite warm. You might want to knit, with single ply unspun, the Faroese Shawl (3 "plates"). Over the years, I've knit through several "logs" worth of the unspun and cannot recommend it highly enough, for warmth and lightweight. Let SHP guide your knitting, especially the book, "Knitting without Tears" by Elizabeth Zimmermann! I'm glad to encourage you and cheer you on also. Therese
@karenbochinski4 ай бұрын
Excellent video thanks.
@balinandgallop5811 жыл бұрын
Thanks, I think it means even more from a non-knitter! Therese
@BethBrownReinsel6 жыл бұрын
Hi Therese! Long time since I've seen you! Thanks for giving my book a plug! Happy knitting!
@theresetheknitter95636 жыл бұрын
Hello Beth! How (where) are you these days? I'm in your old territory: NE PA!
@BethBrownReinsel6 жыл бұрын
Hi again Therese! I live in Vermont now, but am very busy teaching knitting workshops all over. You can connect with me on my website: www.KnittingTraditions.com Happy holidays! Beth
@balinandgallop586 жыл бұрын
Thanks Beth ~ can't wait to see what you have been up to. Merry Christmas to you too. Therese
@jamesstauffer78086 жыл бұрын
I just bought "Knitting Ganseys" from eBay and I'm eagerly awaiting it's arrival.
@jamesstauffer78086 жыл бұрын
Great video Therese Inverso. I love the green Frangipani, is it the olive or do you remember the color? Can't tell on Frangipani site but I know it's not the pine green.
@balinandgallop5811 жыл бұрын
Thanks! Gansey-knitting is an ever-expanding learning experience! I'm learning a lot at present, thanks to a black one I'm working on now. I'm learning to "check my gauge" as the knitting progresses (no relaxation of sts/inch allowed!!). Any chance you will pick up those knitting needles? Therese
@naheedajan76365 жыл бұрын
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@Whisky_Four-Three11 жыл бұрын
not a chance, but this dosn't stop me appreciating other peoples talents
@patsydf6 ай бұрын
Looks like you shape the neckline, whereas ganseys are usually straight across with no shaping. It was something I had thought about as a straight neckline might irritate the wearer.
@nancycampbell79593 жыл бұрын
Very interesting tutorial. Thank you. I tried to find a KZbin tutorial on the Elizabeth Zimmerman method to sew down live stitches, and found nothing. I did see her sewn cast off for a stretchy edge, but not for a turned collar. Would you be willing to demonstrate this? I did a gansey pattern for children that had a button flap on one side, but the pattern was not very detailed or clear at that point. and I think with this stretchy sew down method I could just skip that part.
@balinandgallop583 жыл бұрын
Hello Nancy, Unfortunately, David and I can't do video tutorials because I'm in lovely northeastern Pennsylvania, and he's in hot and humid Florida (kidding about the heat and humidity David). I can offer you the most important tip to sewing down live stitches and that is to be sure to line up your stitch columns exactly! I use coilless pins at every five stitches or so on both the live stitch, and the base of the stitch that corresponds with the the live stitch. Use a blunt sewing needle and simply go through the loop of your live stitch, and one side of the stitch at the base of that column of stitches. Do not pull the yarn firmly after each stitch. Work slowly and carefully, one such at a time, and you will find that you have a nice stretchy neckline when you are finished. I hope this helps, but if you need more long-distance hand holding, I'll be glad to answer any more questions. I have just started knitting a gansey, and I have a long way before I get to the point where you are of sewing down the neck ribbing, and I'm looking forward to getting there, one stitch at a time! As Elizabeth Zimmermann has written, "enjoy every stitch". A tall order, but worth striving for I think. (OK, end of lecture.)
@nancycampbell79593 жыл бұрын
@@balinandgallop58 Wow, Therese, thank you for getting back to me so quickly! Very appreciated. And such a lovely offer to hold my hand long-distance :) If I understand correctly, you go up through the live stitch on the needle, through on side of the stitch above, then back down to the next live stitch, then up to the next base stitch, keeping the stitches carefully lined up? So it's basically a running stitch?
@balinandgallop583 жыл бұрын
Hello Nancy, thank David for the quick reply as he emailed me to let me know you had written. Yes, you understand exactly what to do; it is simply a running stitch the way you describe. Again, keep it more loose than tight. After you do a little section, stretch it and see how you like the stretch. As you know, little children do have big heads and they need plenty of room at the neck, to put on their sweaters, or they won't like to wear them. Keep in touch and let me know how it goes.
@joan95695 жыл бұрын
Aaaahh...I have that Gladys Thompson book: "Guernseys, Arans, Jerseys". Got it because, some day, I want to make a genuine Aran sweater. Yes!
@balinandgallop585 жыл бұрын
Once you knit one, you'll have it for decades, and it will still look new, if you use the 5-ply tightly-twisted wool!
@joan95695 жыл бұрын
@@balinandgallop58 Ooohhhh...thanks SO much.
@balinandgallop585 жыл бұрын
Ah Joan! Beth Brown-Reinsel has just updated her wonderful book on knitting guernsey/ganseys, and that might be a good way to get started. Also, consider this: you don't have to design the gansey first. Learn the Channel Island Cast On (it's one of my videos here at Irishouseproductions) and knit your ribbing, and start the body of the sweater. While you are knitting that (and it's a lot of knitting), you can think about how you want to design the top of the gansey when you get to the underarm gussets. That will be plenty of time to figure out what you want, believe me!
@joanismith28958 жыл бұрын
The pattern is Wendy and it says Shoulder gusset.Would this be if there was not enough stitches to get the jumper over the head?
@balinandgallop588 жыл бұрын
Hello again Joan! I'd really have to see the pattern to understand the context. It seems to me that the pattern should tell you how to knit that shoulder gusset.
@carol29carnegie6 жыл бұрын
Very difficult to follow because of bad camera work, very blurry, which is a shame cause I'm very interested.
@theresetheknitter95636 жыл бұрын
I hope that you were able to see the recommended books, so that you can knit and design a guernsey. Beth Brown-Reinsel has just updated her book on Knitting Ganseys, so why not start with that one?
@joanismith28958 жыл бұрын
How do I do a left shoulder gusset as in Wendy pattern Family Guernsey Sweaters W5520? Help needed please
@balinandgallop588 жыл бұрын
Hi Joan, I'd have to see the pattern before I can try to help you. Do you really mean a gusset or a "shoulder strap"? If the latter, check out Elizabeth Zimmermann's design (schoolhousepress.com) because her guernsey does have shoulder straps; mine don't, as you can see.
@HelenA-dm2tb5 жыл бұрын
Hi love arm pit hole from the how many stitches bind off
@balinandgallop584 жыл бұрын
You form a diamond-shaped gusset at the underarms, keeping all stitches live (don't cast off!), adding them to the sleeve, once you get that going.