For authentic hand-knitted Ganseys, Gansey Knitting Kits, Armor Lux
striped cotton Breton shirts and a range of traditional wool knitwear
from Le Tricoteur (the original Guernseys) and Armor Lux of France
Flamborough Marine Limited : Traditional Knitwear & Hand-Knitted Ganseys
The Manor House, Flamborough, Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire. YO15 1PD
Telephone: 01262 850943 [International: +44 1262 850943]
E-mail: gm@flamboroughmarine.co.uk
Authentic hand-knitted Ganseys, Gansey Knitting Kits, striped cotton Breton shirts, traditional wool knitwear from Le Tricoteur (Guernseys) and Armor Lux of France
Photographic Gallery of different patterns and colours
Ganseys shown on this page
Whitby pattern in Navy Flamborough pattern in Cedar Green Flamborough Gansey in Ocean Deep Filey pattern in Olive Green Robin Hood's Bay pattern in Pewter Filey pattern in Damson Humber Keel pattern in Navy Scarborough pattern in Claret wool (side view)
Seahouses (Tree of Life) pattern in Dark Navy
Scarborough pattern in Dark Navy
Flamborough pattern in Bottle Green
A Scottish Fleet pattern
Flamborough pattern in Crushed Raspberry
Staithes variant pattern, with a roll-neck
Flamborough Gansey in Denim colour 5-ply wool
Scarborough pattern in Claret wool
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Whitby pattern in Navy
Seahouses (Tree of Life)
pattern in Dark Navy
Flamborough
pattern in
Cedar Green
Scarborough pattern in Dark Navy
Flamborough Gansey
in Ocean Deep colour
5-ply wool
Flamborough pattern in Bottle Green
Filey pattern in Olive Green
A Scottish Fleet pattern
Robin Hood's Bay pattern in Pewter
Flamborough pattern
in Crushed Raspberry
Filey pattern in Damson
Whitby pattern in
Ocean Deep
Humber Keel pattern in Navy
Flamborough
Gansey in Denim
colour 5-ply wool
Shown above are two views of a Scarborough pattern with straight (split) welt instead of the usual ribbed welt. Note also the “false
seam” which runs up the side of the Gansey (actually just a purl stitch), which gives an indication of back and front. But rest assured that
the Ganseys are all knitted entirely in one piece.
Flamborough
Head
Shown below is Mike Brenchley in his Scarborough Gansey,
both ashore and on the Humber Lifeboat
Henry Freeman (29 April 1835 – 13 December 1904) was a Whitby fisherman
and lifeboatman. Born in Bridlington, Yorkshire, Henry worked in his youth as a
brickmaker, but with the decline of the brick trade Henry turned to the sea and
fishing. He moved to Whitby and became a fisherman and a lifeboatman. He was
the sole survivor of the 1861 Whitby lifeboat disaster when a freak wave
drowned all his companions. It was his first mission and he was the only member
of the crew wearing the newly-developed cork flotation jacket. Henry was a
Lifeboatman for more than forty years, twenty-two years as coxswain. He
participated in numerous rescues and saved many lives.
A satisfied customer, descended from Henry Freeman
(opposite), tries on his Whitby Gansey, knitted in denim
colour 5-ply wool, in our shop at Flamborough.
Supremely comfortable due to the seamless construction
Flamborough “Hearts” pattern
Special Commissions
We were approached by Canadian film and television actor, artist and musician, Rajiv Surendra with a commission for a Gansey based on little more than an old photograph in a reference book. Using the expert knowledge of our longest-serving knitter, Marion, we were able to produce the exquisite garment shown above left, worn (and loved) by Rajiv. This stunning Gansey demonstrates what our knitters are capable of; but, as a special commission, this particular pattern cannot be repeated. So successful was this first commission, that it led to a second, and then a third. Please note that, due to their complexity, these Specially Commissioned Ganseys cannot be supplied as Knitting Kits.
Flamborough Marine : The Manor House : Flamborough : Bridlington : East Riding of Yorkshire Telephone 01262 850943
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Shown below are another two stunning special commissions
Gallery of different patterns and colours
Seahouses (Tree of Life) pattern in Dark Navy
Scarborough pattern in Dark Navy
Flamborough Gansey in Ocean Deep colour 5-ply wool
Flamborough pattern in Bottle Green
Filey pattern in Olive Green
A Scottish Fleet pattern
Flamborough pattern in Crushed Raspberry
Flamborough Gansey in Denim colour 5-ply wool
Scarborough pattern with straight (split)
welt instead of the usual ribbed welt.
Flamborough Marine
The Manor House
Flamborough
Bridlington
East Riding of Yorkshire
Telephone 01262 850943
Flamborough pattern in Cedar Green
Whitby pattern in Navy
Robin Hood's Bay pattern in Dark Navy
Flamborough Marine Limited
The Manor House
Flamborough
Bridlington
East Riding of Yorkshire
YO15 1PD
United Kingdom
Telephone:
01262 850943
International:
+44 1262 850943
E-mail:
gm@flamboroughmarine.co.uk
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