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fisherman's gansey was a working garment, it had to standup to the harsh
environment of life at sea, a 5-ply worsted wool was used and together
with the 'tight' knit helped make it a 'waterproof' garment often know
as 'seaman's iron'. A gansey is knit using 'knit 1, purl 1' and combinations
of these two stitches form the intricate patterns that can be found on
fishermen's ganseys. However, the pattern had a more important
role to play than purely decorative. These decorative patterns were unique
to each village and it was once possible to identify a fisherman by his
gansey.
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