Record number
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GP49
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Identification
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Simple name
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gansey pattern
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Full name
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cables & vertical & indigenous
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Other name
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Jimmy 'Chibbles' Bishop's small cables gansey
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Classified name
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4.151.721
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System
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SHIC
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Brief description
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Gansey pattern of small cable columns knitted for Jimmy 'Chibbles' Bishop, Sheringham fisherman by Edie Middleton in the 1930s or 1940s; very fine
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Association
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Nature
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wearer
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Person
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fisherman : Bishop, Jimmy 'Chibbles'
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Place
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& Sheringham & Norfolk
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Activity
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fishing
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Date
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Production
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Method
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hand knitted
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Person
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knitter : Middleton, Edith Blanche ("Edie", nee Holsey)
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Date
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1930 = 1950
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Place
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& Sheringham & Norfolk
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Technical data
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10.3 spi
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Note3
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tension
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Note
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Check this out with the register. The Cromer Museum Modes record online contradicts itself: Edith Middleton or Esther Nurse?
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Preproduction
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Simple name
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gansey
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Full name
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Reference number
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CRRMU : 1986.15.2
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Note
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Description
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Part:dimen:reading
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chest : circumference : 34 inches
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Part:dimen:reading
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body : height : 20.5 inches
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sleeve : length : 16.5 inches
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Part:dimen:reading
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sleeve : depth : 16.5 inches
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neck : height : 2.75 inches
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Part:dimen:reading
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plain body : height : 7.5 inches
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Part:dimen:reading
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welt : height : 1.5 inches
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Part:aspect:desc
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false seam : width : 2 purl stitches
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Material
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3-ply worsted (navy)
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Photography
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Type
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digitised image
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GP49_1.jpg
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Research
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Result
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pattern chart
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Person
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charted by : Warren, Martin
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Person
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swatch knitted by : Smith, Val
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Date
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15.4.2019
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Documentation
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GP49.jpg
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Reference number
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GP49_chart.pdf
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Note
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Details verified 20.1.2020
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Documentation group
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Documentation
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Link
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shering.html
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Recorder
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Warren, Martin : 15.4.2019
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Notes
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This is a very small gansey; in fact it was so small that Jimmy Chibbles couldn't wear it. It has been re-necked in a coarser wool and recuffed. 10 stitches per inch. The rib is k2, p2. Rigs are 2 rows purl, 2 rows plain and the shouder strap
has 3 rigs per side, grafted in the centre.
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