making my first longnet

[SikaTears 2]

I've been making purse nets for a while and would like to know the answer to a few questions for starting my first longnetif anyone can help?

 

1) I' ve got bog standard 4 ply spun poly, is this ok to knit a net from?

 

2) should i just double it up for adding the selvedge? or go for a heavier ply? a few pointers for the correct material would be grand

 

3)If i wanted it 16 meshes deep (without the added selvedge)do i just start on a split ring and tie in the 16 (half meshes) in the row and keep going til i get the to the length i want it?

 

im goin to make it 25 yards si will need 50 yards to give me 100% bagging

 

looking at the traditional style with end pins to learn with

 

hope someone can show me the light and help me here

[Tiercel 6,986]

I've been making purse nets for a while and would like to know the answer to a few questions for starting my first longnetif anyone can help?

 

1) I' ve got bog standard 4 ply spun poly, is this ok to knit a net from?

 

2) should i just double it up for adding the selvedge? or go for a heavier ply? a few pointers for the correct material would be grand

 

3)If i wanted it 16 meshes deep (without the added selvedge)do i just start on a split ring and tie in the 16 (half meshes) in the row and keep going til i get the to the length i want it?

 

im goin to make it 25 yards si will need 50 yards to give me 100% bagging

 

looking at the traditional style with end pins to learn with

 

hope someone can show me the light and help me here

 

 

If it is over ten yards then the 4ply poly will be too heavy. Personally I would go with Agouti's long net twine. http://www.agouti-nets.co.uk/

 

If you use agouti's long net twine you can then use the 4 strand poly as a selvedge.

 

3/ Yes.... But I would go for 14 meshes without the selvedges with a 4.25" mesh when the selvedges are added that would give you a 65" drop which is ample without being overly deep.

 

Here is one I made earlier this year 100yards double stranded with 100% bagging. With selvedges it is 14.5 meshes deep.

 

 

 

Adding the selvedges.

 

 

Ready for dying.

 

 

Hope that helps.

 

TC

[Leeview 791]

Straight reply there Tiercel a nice net also but I'd hang off dying it till after the winter which is predicted to be as hard as last winter therefore your net will come into its own in the snow

Y.I.S Leeview

[albert64 1,882]

as tiercel says get in touch with agouti his long net twine is brilliant to work with

i'm just starting another 100 yarder 14 meshes deep then i'll add the shelved and make it quick set

best of luck mate

albert

[SikaTears 2]

Thanks very much for the reply, link and pics above tiercel

 

that is a stonker of a killing net you have there, might have a bash at a double strander once i get the first 25yarder under my belt..probably take me a year to knit..

 

Also good to know the spun poly is good enough for the selvedge, didn't think about weight, good point there

 

I'll had a look at the agouti website for my twine from there, was on the "engel-netz.de" (sp?) but unless you know exactly what your after I was a bit baffled by all the choices and it's a long way to send it all back too..

 

14 meshes will do for me too, don't need a deer fence for the coneys i suppose!!

 

i'll let you know how i get on

 

thanks again

[Tiercel 6,986]

One of the things that people hate doing when they have added the selvedges is threading the lines through the selvedges.

 

In this little video I am threading a line through the selvedges as I make them. I have drilled a hole in the corner of the mesh board and tied a line onto the mesh board. As I then make the selvedge meshes on the board I make them slack enough so that they can be pulled along the board. The way I make them slack enough is when you pick up a mesh hold the mesh approx 20mm from the last mesh the angle of the twine then gives you enough slack to pull the mesh tight against the meshes with your little finger. As the meshes build up on the board you allow them to fall off the end of the board and they then run down the line threading your selvedge as they go.

 

 

 

TC

[SikaTears 2]

Thats the buisness tiercel,

 

very handy demonstration there, experienced hands at work there thanks

 

gotta say, you must have done a bit of boxing with hands as fast as that

 

Wish I had the dexterity to knit with speed, however, in my case, taking my time helps me get it right.

 

Thanks again

[redeye jedi 39]

One of the things that people hate doing when they have added the selvedges is threading the lines through the selvedges.

 

In this little video I am threading a line through the selvedges as I make them. I have drilled a hole in the corner of the mesh board and tied a line onto the mesh board. As I then make the selvedge meshes on the board I make them slack enough so that they can be pulled along the board. The way I make them slack enough is when you pick up a mesh hold the mesh approx 20mm from the last mesh the angle of the twine then gives you enough slack to pull the mesh tight against the meshes with your little finger. As the meshes build up on the board you allow them to fall off the end of the board and they then run down the line threading your selvedge as they go.

 

 

TC

 

 

Thats exactly how i do my selvages, i hated threading the line through after. good demo mate

 

ATB REDEYE

[night moocher 41]

great idea with the line in the corner,saves alot of time that.

[Bash Bellows 0]

One of the things that people hate doing when they have added the selvedges is threading the lines through the selvedges.

 

In this little video I am threading a line through the selvedges as I make them. I have drilled a hole in the corner of the mesh board and tied a line onto the mesh board. As I then make the selvedge meshes on the board I make them slack enough so that they can be pulled along the board. The way I make them slack enough is when you pick up a mesh hold the mesh approx 20mm from the last mesh the angle of the twine then gives you enough slack to pull the mesh tight against the meshes with your little finger. As the meshes build up on the board you allow them to fall off the end of the board and they then run down the line threading your selvedge as they go.

 

 

 

TC

hell of a net you cant buy ones like these nice work lad