Just made my first purse net.....

[Marksman 934]

After putting it off for a while and buying off other people as I thought it would be "easier" I finally decided to bite the bullet and buy a net making kit.

It's one of the Deben ones found on ebay that I managed to nab for a tenner!

I thought f**k it....if I cant do it then it's just a tenner.

 

Well what do you know....I managed to make one!

I copied off one of my existing hemp nets it being 7 meshes across by 18 deep.

The big test and sense of achievement will come when I actually "net" something in it.

 

It might be a daft question to those in the know but if I wanted to make a bigger net do I just knit more onto the ring??

 

Here it is anyway.....thanks for looking

 

 

Darryl

[Moe 108]

hope this helps start with your normal line on your ring i.e 9 loops then on youre second line put youre first loop onthen when you put the second loop on and stitch another loop onto the same one carry on across the line till you get to the second last loop and do the same again keep doing this on each line till you get the width you want then depending on how long you want youre not either carry onwith the amount of loops youre at i.e15 till you get youre length then start to reduce youre net by taking in both together the second and third loop and thethird and second last loop on each row till you get to the amount of loops you started with and tie onto ring good look

[stealthy1 3,964]

Looks good Marksman, bet I know what your going to be doing on rainy days from now on

[Kay 3,709]

Thats excellent , well done for having a go

[ferreterni 29]

Have a close look at the meshes on some of your shaped nets. As moe says, start with 9 or 10 on the ring then add an extra mesh on the end of a few rows until you get it the width you want, then knit. Whenever you are coming back down to the ring again, knit two meshes into one. Shaping them also makes your roll of twine go further.

 

Good on you for making your own, it gets addictive. That rayon twine is nice to work with too, has a natural feel to it.

 

atb with the nets, and if I can help at all, feel free to pm me, and I will do my best to help.

[Marksman 934]

cheers for the replies guys/gal

 

certainly takes some getting used to, but I'm sure I'll get there

 

Darryl

[pencoed hunter 7]

my uncle has just started making them the other day hes having trouble keeping the net tight to the rings any tips or just practice?

[Marksman 934]

my uncle has just started making them the other day hes having trouble keeping the net tight to the rings any tips or just practice?

 

I know I'm just learning mate, I'm on to my 3rd net now and the way I found was not to pull the mesh board but pull the twine instead. If you pull the mesh board it tends to slacken the twine on the rings

 

Hope this helps

 

Darryl

[John Keswick 119]

I believe there was a video kicking about somewhere on here about net making, made by two former dodgy characters off of this site.

[mally 832]

cheers for the replies guys/gal

 

certainly takes some getting used to, but I'm sure I'll get there

 

Darryl

 

You get more pleasure catching rabbits in nets you've made mate, I make all my own nets now, including longnets

[Guest porterlord]

i can make perse nets but not long nets help please just a few tips.

[brogan12345 0]

nice looks good

[The one 8,479]

Looks good mate just wait till youv'e caught a rabbit in a net youv'e made yourself ,Just add more meshes onto the ring for a bigger net i make mine 20 meshes wide by 4 foot long

[watchman 256]

After putting it off for a while and buying off other people as I thought it would be "easier" I finally decided to bite the bullet and buy a net making kit.

It's one of the Deben ones found on ebay that I managed to nab for a tenner!

I thought f**k it....if I cant do it then it's just a tenner.

 

Well what do you know....I managed to make one!

I copied off one of my existing hemp nets it being 7 meshes across by 18 deep.

The big test and sense of achievement will come when I actually "net" something in it.

 

It might be a daft question to those in the know but if I wanted to make a bigger net do I just knit more onto the ring??

 

Here it is anyway.....thanks for looking

 

 

Darryl

fair play to you mate,thinking of having a go myself,on a scale of 1 to 10,how difficult would you say it is(honestly lol)

[Marksman 934]

fair play to you mate,thinking of having a go myself,on a scale of 1 to 10,how difficult would you say it is(honestly lol)

 

Honestly when I first started I'd say a 9-10, Now that I'm sort of getting the hang of it, 6-7 although I still sometimes make mistakes doing the rings and find myself going back on myself, but as with everything mate I'm sure it will come with experience

 

Darryl