Rope and Ladder Mini-Gansey

 A miniature gansey worked in the round from the bottom up, with vertical cables and a ladder motif.

This is a true mini-gansey, not a sampler. It contains the full architecture of a traditional fisherman's sweater: seamless construction, underarm gussets, a definition ridge, half-patterning on the body, and shoulder saddles. Same techniques, and at just 13cm from neck to hips, a fraction of the time.

Skills: casting on and off, knit, purl, working in the round, stocking stitch, ribbing, cables, increasing, decreasing, picking up stitches, grafting (Kitchener or three-needle bind-off).

Materials: West Yorkshire Spinners Signature 4ply in Dusty Miller (25g). 2.25mm (US 1) circular or double-pointed needles. Approx. 6.25m / 5.7yds used.

Gauge isn't critical — dive into your stash and get creative.

Digital download. Charts and written instructions.