During the Coronavirus pandemic of 2020, Janet Stimson designed and uploaded her FREE pattern to Ravelry, for the Rainbow Indigo Fisherman's Beanie so I naturally downloaded it and had a go. Gansey knitting has long been an interest of mine, and when this neat little hat pattern came up I thought I would try out with a yarn from my Etsy shop. Gansey knitting was always done with a very 'round' 5 ply yarn. The reason for that was the hard wearing quality of a 5 ply yarn and