Comments on: Women’s Work. http://www.jackiemorris.co.uk/blog/womens-work/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=womens-work The balance of life as an artist and writer living and working in Wales: or, how to ignore housework. Wed, 12 Jun 2013 11:55:04 +0000 hourly 1 By: Veronica Roth http://www.jackiemorris.co.uk/blog/womens-work/#comment-1753 Veronica Roth Wed, 09 May 2012 20:20:42 +0000 http://www.jackiemorris.co.uk/blog/?p=1139#comment-1753 How wonderful! I would have loved to do a thesis on something as romantic as the history of those sweaters. No wonder you have such a brilliant imagination. My thesis was on savonious wind turbines for 3rd world use. (Also no computers; god, remember the microfiche?) I would like to tell you a little story. I have a 1959 mini seven which I drive in E. Oh the anoraks I’ve met who want to disprove the car’s age thru inane things like: “in 1959 that rivet should have been 1/4 “ to the right of that seam, so that proves it’s a 1960”. Why should it matter? Does it make my car less cute, me less sexy driving in it? I don’t think so. (Oh, but now feel bad about all the sweaters I shrunk in washes past) :)

]]> By: Jackie http://www.jackiemorris.co.uk/blog/womens-work/#comment-1748 Jackie Wed, 09 May 2012 16:16:45 +0000 http://www.jackiemorris.co.uk/blog/?p=1139#comment-1748 More on the great drowned sailor/ gansey debate. http://www.ganseys.com/?page_id=1698

]]> By: Davena Hooson http://www.jackiemorris.co.uk/blog/womens-work/#comment-1746 Davena Hooson Wed, 09 May 2012 15:14:16 +0000 http://www.jackiemorris.co.uk/blog/?p=1139#comment-1746 Here’s a lovely blog – he’s a friend of mine – all about ganseys, and much else. Hope you enjoy it.
http://www.ganseys.com/?page_id=3321

]]> By: Thoma http://www.jackiemorris.co.uk/blog/womens-work/#comment-1745 Thoma Wed, 09 May 2012 15:07:50 +0000 http://www.jackiemorris.co.uk/blog/?p=1139#comment-1745 Ahh, I forgot to mention the site of Gordon, whose humor and writing style I love a lot as well as his knitting abilities.
Unfortunately it’s not so easy to transport his words to my husband, because sometimes the translation lacks a bit due to the sudden loss of the correct word- by heard I know the excact meaning, but sometimes it’s hard to find it in German without a dictionary.
http://www.ganseys.com/?page_id=2
Thoma

]]> By: Margarette Wagner http://www.jackiemorris.co.uk/blog/womens-work/#comment-1744 Margarette Wagner Wed, 09 May 2012 15:00:12 +0000 http://www.jackiemorris.co.uk/blog/?p=1139#comment-1744 feel compelled to add my 2 cents. Being a sailor , this all made great sense to me. It spurred a wonderful discussion with my husband on various cultures means to identify their seaman should the worst occur.( My daughter graduates this week from US Naval Boot camp and I am thinking a sweater is in order!). reading this has inspired me to do some research , read some books , look at some pictures. It also brought back sweet memories of my mother, I could almost hear the clicking of her needles. Last , I remembered I had some unfinished knitting of my own calling out from the back of a closet. I don’t know what you wish to achieve with a blog, but if it is bringing people around the globe together and making them feel like family. If it is sharing yourself and your art ,imparting a good story, fact, myth, legend or otherwise or just making us smile you are doing a wonderful job!

]]> By: Kimberley Wise http://www.jackiemorris.co.uk/blog/womens-work/#comment-1743 Kimberley Wise Wed, 09 May 2012 14:24:45 +0000 http://www.jackiemorris.co.uk/blog/?p=1139#comment-1743 I love your posts, Jackie :D
I do love knitting but I’m terrible at it, my forte is crochet :D Any drowned sailors wearing my knitwear would be easily recognised, tangled in odd length sleeves and strangled by the too tight neckline, haha!

]]> By: Maryom http://www.jackiemorris.co.uk/blog/womens-work/#comment-1742 Maryom Wed, 09 May 2012 14:10:14 +0000 http://www.jackiemorris.co.uk/blog/?p=1139#comment-1742 I’ve read a similar thing re identifying fishermen through the patterns on their ‘ganseys’ – not necessarily individuals, but the place they’d come from, as before pattern books designs stayed in the place they were created. Jumpers from Fair Isle or Aran look very different to any other after all and I don’t think there was anything in British knitting similar to the ‘brocade’ stitches from, I think, Dalarna in Sweden.
BTW – I have a book on Scandinavian knitting with an old photograph in it which shows a man and wife working together on a large piece of circular knitting

]]> By: Jackie http://www.jackiemorris.co.uk/blog/womens-work/#comment-1741 Jackie Wed, 09 May 2012 14:10:02 +0000 http://www.jackiemorris.co.uk/blog/?p=1139#comment-1741 4 1/2 mm needles, bamboo. They are lovely. Light but strong. I also have a random collection of crochet hooks from my mum, her neighbour and my aunt. Some are metal. I think one is bone. Must dig them out. Will have a look at the gansey man. And thank you.

]]> By: Saviour Pirotta http://www.jackiemorris.co.uk/blog/womens-work/#comment-1740 Saviour Pirotta Wed, 09 May 2012 13:52:42 +0000 http://www.jackiemorris.co.uk/blog/?p=1139#comment-1740 I love the idea of dead seamen being recognised from the patterns in their jumpers, even if the idea is more legend. Legends are always born of truth, anyway, so keep on knitting and blogging [and painting, of course], Jackie

]]> By: Thoma http://www.jackiemorris.co.uk/blog/womens-work/#comment-1739 Thoma Wed, 09 May 2012 12:36:53 +0000 http://www.jackiemorris.co.uk/blog/?p=1139#comment-1739 This link to a special knitting site of a man, who did a lot of research on this special subject might help:
http://gansey.blogspot.de/2007/03/real-ganseys-are-real-warm.html
He also wrote about knitting tools used in those times and how to make them now, i.e.: http://gansey.blogspot.de/search?q=sheath

Which needle size you are knitting with?
Thoma

P.S.
I also wanted to let you know how I appriciate your drawings. Happy, that I stumbled about your blogs a long time ago.

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