net making

[guyliath 15]

Hi,

 

just a quick question for those of you who make your own purse nets. What mm braid do you use for the drawcord. Also has anyone tried or had any success using paracord for the draw cord of the net.

 

all the best,

 

G

[The one 8,481]

Anything from 1.2mm white ,to 3mm coloured red ,blue ,yellow and green never used para cord isn't it cut to lenghts ?.

[max abell 196]

I personaly use and prefere blue or green 3mm draw cord on all our my purse nets though most use 2mm

[jackwhippet 3]

i use the lightest available bud usually 2mm white atb jw

[lksopener 105]

Paracord should work fine.

 

Some muppets nets round here i found were using bloody bailing twine!

[guyliath 15]

Cheers for the replies guys. Just started my first net last night with a kit from bridport. I will look into the costs of spools of paracord. The YouTube vids were really useful.

 

Any one on here ferreting in the Kent area? I will be looking to buy some jills soon.

Drop me a pm.

 

All the best and thanks for all your help.

 

G

[guyliath 15]

Hi all, just though I would let you know how my first foray into knitting my own purse nets. So I got the hemp kit from bridport. The instructions were a bit vague and I found them hard to understand, but in there defense it is pretty hard to illustrate, something fiddley on one sheet of A4. YouTube to the rescue. So on a YouTube vid, it told me to make the net 15 meshes wide and 18 meshes long. I must have screwed up cause my net, used 3 needlefuls of hemp and is about 6 feet long.....Haha. I just started watching the telly and kept going till it was 15 x 18. I also found it quite hard to get the knots to lock. The YouTube vid told me I only needed one knot for hemp and a double knot for nylon. Well I have double noted this hemp cause it seemed hard to get the lock.

Any advise on your favoured knots would be great. I will post a pic of my giant net tomorrow to give you experienced lads a cheap laugh.;-)

 

All The best,

 

G

[max abell 196]

Hi all, just though I would let you know how my first foray into knitting my own purse nets. So I got the hemp kit from bridport. The instructions were a bit vague and I found them hard to understand, but in there defense it is pretty hard to illustrate, something fiddley on one sheet of A4. YouTube to the rescue. So on a YouTube vid, it told me to make the net 15 meshes wide and 18 meshes long. I must have screwed up cause my net, used 3 needlefuls of hemp and is about 6 feet long.....Haha. I just started watching the telly and kept going till it was 15 x 18. I also found it quite hard to get the knots to lock. The YouTube vid told me I only needed one knot for hemp and a double knot for nylon. Well I have double noted this hemp cause it seemed hard to get the lock.

Any advise on your favoured knots would be great. I will post a pic of my giant net tomorrow to give you experienced lads a cheap laugh.;-)

 

All The best,

 

G

It takes practice when i first started making nets the air was blue with f*ck its but keep at it mate you will get there

I have a couple of net making dvds that i got in a job lot of gear a bought you are more than welcome to them if you want them send me a pm

[guyliath 15]

Quality max,

 

You have a pm!

 

Atb

G

[johnrthrfrd 223]

keep at it mate it does gets easier when i started done nowt but swear and hoy the lot across the room now its like second nature just sit watching tele and knitting like some owld granny.

atb john.

[guyliath 15]

Haha, yeah I did curse a bit. But really enjoyed it. Started a nylon one last night. So will see how that goes.

 

Cheers for the encouraging replies.

 

Atb,

G