For centuries fishermen up and down the country were shipped off to sea wearing their ganseys
The gansey is a jumper, lovingly knitted by a mother, wife or sweetheart and each one tells a tale.
The story of the man's village and family is woven into the complex pattern. But the art is in danger of dying out.
Fewer men are going to sea, women rarely have time to knit and hi-tech modern clothing has overtaken the home made woolie.
But the patterns are being collected together in Whitby on the north east coast, to make sure they don't become lost forever - and they are being made available to knitters everywhere.
Andrew Carter speaks to Dougie Heselton, Sid Barnet and Pam Hoyle to discover more.
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