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Finishing Ketki's gansey, a few other ganseys to knit, your husband's hospital stay, etc.
Jean's Knitting Jean 2009
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My sweaters have all been seamless, EZ-style or gansey-like, where stitches are picked up at the shoulder and knit downwards for the sleeves.
Archive 2009-01-01 Jean 2009
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The front of his gansey was soaked with blood—and not watery fish blood either, but something darker and more substantial.
FALSE MERMAID ERIN HART 2010
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The front of his gansey was soaked with blood—and not watery fish blood either, but something darker and more substantial.
FALSE MERMAID ERIN HART 2010
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The warm sun beat through the glass, and I took off my heavy gansey and placed it on an empty chair along with the parcel for Clara.
Secret of the Night Ponies JOAN HIATT HARLOW 2009
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Archive 2009-02-01 Unionpearl 2009
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Dad and Erik, who had on their thick gansey sweaters, sat on the kitchen chairs and pulled on their boots.
Secret of the Night Ponies JOAN HIATT HARLOW 2009
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A to Z: S is for Suzani Unionpearl 2009
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The warm sun beat through the glass, and I took off my heavy gansey and placed it on an empty chair along with the parcel for Clara.
Secret of the Night Ponies JOAN HIATT HARLOW 2009
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Dad and Erik, who had on their thick gansey sweaters, sat on the kitchen chairs and pulled on their boots.
Secret of the Night Ponies JOAN HIATT HARLOW 2009
sionnach commented on the word gansey
A sweater or pullover, e.g. an aran gansey.
December 10, 2007
knitandpurl commented on the word gansey
""Irie, look at you! Pickney nah even got a gansey on—child must be freezin'! Shiverin' like a Mexico bean. Let me feel you. Fever! You bringin' fever into my house?"
It was important, in Hortense's presence, never to admit to illness. The cure, as in most Jamaican households, was always more painful than the symptoms."
White Teeth by Zadie Smth, p 316 of the Vintage International paperback
January 29, 2011