Margaret Hastie
Margaret belongs to: Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade
Margaret is involved with the Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade and the North Shields Fishermen's Mission. She researched and knitted a traditional gansey for her husband Alex Hastie.
Margaret was interviewed by Carl Greenwood on 17 January 2006. The interview took place at the Interviewee's living room and lasted 10 minutes and 2 seconds.
The needles
"They're very fine and then there’s five of them"
They're very fine and then there’s five of them- normally socks are knit on three needles but the ganseys are knit on five, which is quite an operation when you’re doing it. It gets very heavy as you’re knitting as you get on, which keeps you nice and warm in the winter but with it being a dark colour, it’s hard to see, so, they’re definitely labours of love, I call them.
Margaret has 10 memories in the memorynet:
Margaret's memories with a Traditions theme:
Knitting a traditional gansey- Knitting the gansey
- The wossit wool
- The needles
- Finishing the gansey
- Favourite pattern
Wool and needles- Gansey
Margaret's other memories:
This memory has these themes:
Clothing | Equipment | Skills | Traditions | Women
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