net making

[carp king 155]

hi folks, i've been making nets for about a year now and can now make a net just about spot on, but the way i make them is, 17 rows wide all the way down the net. i was just wondering if anyone could explain how to add to rows and take off the rows as i an usinga lot more twine than i need to be. any help woulb be appriciated

 

thanks a lot c.k

Edited December 31, 2009 by carp king

[ferreterni 29]

I start with 10 at the ring, don't really need much more than that, then the second row is 10 again. There's a few ways to do it, but the way i favour is this

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if that makes sense

 

 

to add a mesh when you get to the edge of your width or the start, just run a second loop through the mesh you just knotted, so you end up with 1 full loop, and a half size one. Thats your extra mesh. Then carry on as normal.

 

To take a mesh in, is 2 ways. I think dependant on what twine you use. I use a fairly heavy twine so the way I do it is this. on the first mesh of the row you want to reduce, and the last mesh. I make the loop as normal, but then rather than going back over my net measure and picking up the next mesh, I go over the net measure and pick up the same one. so you have 2 above meshes pulled into one. Though you can just pick up the 2 at one go I think, with heavy twine it is more secure doing each knot individually.

 

 

Hope that is some help, and feel free to pm, if I can help any at all I will be glad too.

[chewton 7]

Theres a brilliant film on rabbiters.co.uk showing how

[stormrider8 59]

I start with 10 at the ring, don't really need much more than that, then the second row is 10 again. There's a few ways to do it, but the way i favour is this

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if that makes sense

 

 

to add a mesh when you get to the edge of your width or the start, just run a second loop through the mesh you just knotted, so you end up with 1 full loop, and a half size one. Thats your extra mesh. Then carry on as normal.

 

To take a mesh in, is 2 ways. I think dependant on what twine you use. I use a fairly heavy twine so the way I do it is this. on the first mesh of the row you want to reduce, and the last mesh. I make the loop as normal, but then rather than going back over my net measure and picking up the next mesh, I go over the net measure and pick up the same one. so you have 2 above meshes pulled into one. Though you can just pick up the 2 at one go I think, with heavy twine it is more secure doing each knot individually.

 

 

Hope that is some help, and feel free to pm, if I can help any at all I will be glad too.

 

Do you have any pictures of a net made like this mate. Never seen it before.

[auld salmon 28]

i make mine 11 wide straight through and around 19 long never had any problems that will cover about a 2ft square hole no problems dont know why they make them 18 wide to me thats more for them to kick about in and get away also have a few about 4to 5ft long but they are half red and half yellow for the bigger holes easy to recognise when i pull them out of bag or pocket made a shaped net once but wasnt impressed with it 1 get around 19 nets of a 500gram ball of spun nylon

[ferretman16 0]

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[stormrider8 59]

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Your probably only saving yourself around 1.5 metres of twine per net. Does it really make that much difference?

[longnetter 32]

Hi C K

you need to get yourself a copy of Howard Glynn's Net Making for Sport

it's one of the best books on net making and inexpensive too > It is ,I thnk, out of print but most of the countrysports books sellers seem to stock it still

 

ATB