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!!😂
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.
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 😜
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
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 ❤
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.
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
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. 🤔
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!
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. 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 🤗
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. 🇺🇸
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 😊
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
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 😊
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.
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)
"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.
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 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.
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. 😊
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. 😳😂
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? ☺️
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 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 😊
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!
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 RU-vid.
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.
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.
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 😊
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.
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 🙂
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 🇨🇭
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. 🤗
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! 🧶❤
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 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 😊
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.
