The rich heritage of north Norfolk's seafaring folk is the focus of an exhibition of traditional fishermen's ganseys running at Sheringham's Mo Museum.
More than 60 of the hand-knitted, intricately patterned woollen jumpers are on show - draped across the seafront museum's eight-strong fleet of historic lifeboats and fishing boats and hanging in the newly-opened education and exhibition centre.
Exploring the relationship between ganseys and the families who made them, the Heritage Lottery-funded exhibition, which is stopping off in Sheringham as part of a three-year European tour, is based on the research of Dutch knitting historian Stella Ruhe.
Other exhibits include miniature ganseys knitted by museum volunteers and strung along the Mo's windows and door frames, as well as gansey-themed artwork and memorabilia ranging from knitting implements to dozens of photographs showing Dutch and Norfolk fishermen at work.
Sheringham Museum manager Philip Miles said many of the exhibits - some of which date back to the 1900s - had been donated to the museum after a community appeal.
'Sheringham is internationally renowned for the quality of its ganseys,' he added. 'It was the only town that developed a local style of patterning with skilled knitters using fine, three-ply wool, and even many Cromer fishermen commissioned Sheringham women to knit their ganseys.'
A series of talks and demonstrations kicks off this weekend with a Knit on the Prom event organised by museum trustee and director Lesley Lougher as part of World Wide Knit in Public Day.
'We are very excited about the exhibition,' Mrs Lougher said. 'I think it is lovely for people to have the opportunity to see such a wide range of ganseys and because Sheringham has such a fine gansey-knitting tradition, this is the perfect place to hold it.'
Knit on the Prom runs on Saturday from 11am until 3pm. Volunteers will be on hand to help beginner knitters, with youngsters invited to create a pom pom.
Sheringham Museum is open Tuesday to Saturday from 10am – 4.30pm and from midday until 4pm on Sundays. For more information, visit www.sheringhammuseum.co.uk
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