Free knitting patterns for sweaters, blankets, scarves, and shawls featuring guernsey inspired textures. Many of the patterns are free. Updated 9/8/25
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Free Patterns
Gansey Sampler Hat
Slouchy beanie knit in a variety of textures using simple 6-stitch repeats. Sizes Child to adult large. Worsted weight yarn. Designed by Anne Carroll Gilmour. Pictured project by Twitty
Deborah's Biking Cardigan
Classic drop shoulder Cardigan with Guernsey style knit/purl patterns. Sizes S to 3XL. Aran weight yarn. Designed by Deborah Newton.
Loge Sweater
Gansey style pullover knit with sections of texture including diamond, ridged columns, and more. Sizes XXS to 4XL. Worsted weight yarn. Designed by Stine HoelgaardJohansen. Available in English, Danish, Finnish, German, Norwegian, Swedish.
Fading Guernsey Cowl
Bandana-style cowl knit with sections of gansey texture and a shawl-like front. Worsted weight yarn. Designed by Robbie Laughlin.
Granular Shawl
Triangular shawl knit in bands of textures with a modular construction so the bands go horizontally on one side and vertically on the other. DK weight yarn. Designed by Robbie Laughlin.
Lucky Child Baby Blanket
Blanket knit in the round from the center out in gansey stle knit and purl textures including moss stitch, k2p2 Ribbing, Chicken Eye, Diagonal Rib, Box Pattern, and Seed Stitch textures. Fingering weight yarn. Glückskind designed by knitcats Design.
Gama Vest
Comfortable yet stylish slipover worked in gansey textures including Fancy Rib, Double Moss, Piqué Stripe, and Moss Stripe textures. Sport weight yarn. Designed by Manos del Uruguay Design Team.
Sampler Scarf
Scarf with knit and purl gansey textures including Diagonal, Basketweave, and Diamond textures. Quick knit in Bulky weight yarn. Designed by Gayle Bunn.
Guernsey Jumper
Child's pullover sweater with a gansey textured yoke with checkerboard texture, seed stitch, and more. Sizes 3 Years to 6 Years. Designed by Women's Weekly. DK weight yarn.
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More Free Patterns
Mix It Up Beanie
Slouchy hat with sampler style sections including basketweave and other textures that remind me of gansey sweaters. DK weight yarn. Designed by Alicja Michalak.
Skagen Sweater
The rich texture of this pullover with triangles, zigzags, ladders, rope cables, and more remind me of Gansey style. Sizes S to XL. DK weight yarn. Designed by Rachel Søgaard for Filcolana. Available in English, Danish, German. Pictured project by ich-will-wolle
Sea and Sky Scarf
Gansey style one skein scarf with diamonds framed by cables, ladder texture, and seed stitch. Uses just one skein of Fingering weight yarn. Designed by Robbie Laughlin.
Element Sweater
Tunic length pullover with different texture sections reminiscent of Gansey sweaters. Sizes S to 3XL. Aran weight yarn. Designed by Sanne Fjalland for Filcolana. Available in English, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, German, Norwegian, Swedish.
Mock Aran Poncho
Gansey inspired poncho with diamond texture panel framed with diamond cables, then mock cables, on a rice stitch background. Knit in the round. DK weight yarn. Designed by Sherril Steele-Carlin.
Cove Cardigan
Textured sections inspired by Guernsey/Gansey sampler style create a stylish women's cardigan with basketweave checks, diagonal stripes, broken rib columns, eyelet stripes, and more. DK weight yarn. Sizes To fit bust 81 to 147 cm / 32 to 58 in. Designed by Paintbox Yarns
Guernsey Style Baby Blanket
Easy baby blanket with 4 different diamond textures inspired by classic Guernsey, or Gansey, designs. Knit from charts or written instructions. Knits up quickly in bulky weight yarn. Size 24" x 25". Designed by Kate McDaid. Pictured project by scarletclarinet
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Gansey Shawl
his easy reversible triangular sampler shawl combines three classic patterns including chevrons, diagonals, and ridges to create an elegant shawl. DK weight yarn. Designed by Rachel Brockman.
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- Get the recommended Universal Yarn Bella Tweed yarn at Amazon
Fisherman's Throw
Gansey style sampler blanket with sections of Moss Stitch, Arrows, Beaded Rib, Diamond Brocade, Diagonal Stripe, Double Moss. Quick knit in Super Bulky weight yarn. Size 42" x 52". Designed by Premier Yarns Design Team
Patterns for Purchase
Gansey Diamonds
Gansey style pullover sweater knit with 2 sizes of traditional guernsey diamond motifs and a yoke and hem knit with mock cables and ribbing. Sizes 76 to 134 cm / 30 to 53 in. DK weight yarn. Designed by Pat Menchini.
Rustic Romper
Baby onesie knit with a simple knit/purl design based on traditional guernsey patterns. Sizes 6, 12, 18 months. DK weight yarn. Designed by Annie Dempsey.
Fisher Lassie
Cardigan version of the gansey fishermen sweaters with distinctive stitch textures on the bodice. Sizes 34 to 50". DK weight yarn. Designed by Bonne Marie Burns.
Grantley Gansey Jumper
Child sized pullover sweater knit with guernsey textures. Sizes Age: 3 to 12 Years. Aran weight yarn. Designed by Sarah Hatton.
Wet Coast Shawl
This shawl uses motifs inspired by traditional Guernsey textures to evoke rocky shores, forests, fields, mountains, ocean waves, and urban skylines. Any weight yarn. Designed by Nicole Bottles.
Windlass Top
A sleeveless version of the iconic fisherman’s gansey sweater knit flat cables and eyelet motifs like trees. Sizes: 84.5 to 125 cm / 33 to 49”. DK weight yarn. Designed by Kiyomi Burgin.
Snapdragon Cardigan
Sampler sweater knit in the Gansey or Guernsey style with textured stitches that are easy to memorize. Knit in one piece from the bottom up, with no seaming! Sizes: 85 to 155 cm/ 33 to 61”. Sport weight yarn. Designed by Flora and Fauna Knitwear Design.
