4z or 6z

[Tiercel 6,986]

Be interesting to see. Im gonna have a crack at a squared mesh net next time.

 

I have made a few square meshed nets. Good luck you will need it

[bobcullen79 1,495]

Be interesting to see. Im gonna have a crack at a squared mesh net next time.

 

I have made a few square meshed nets. Good luck you will need it

Really? Maybe I`ll just start with a couple of 6yd stoppies then. What makes it harder than diamond mesh to make? Im not quite sure where you hang it from once Ive done a lenth, you know, when you want to shorten your net to carry on. Cant be that much harder than normal mesh surley, same twine, same board, same knot...

[Sirius 1,391]

Be interesting to see. Im gonna have a crack at a squared mesh net next time.

 

I have made a few square meshed nets. Good luck you will need it

Really? Maybe I`ll just start with a couple of 6yd stoppies then. What makes it harder than diamond mesh to make? Im not quite sure where you hang it from once Ive done a lenth, you know, when you want to shorten your net to carry on. Cant be that much harder than normal mesh surley, same twine, same board, same knot...

 

http://www.thehuntinglife.com/forums/topic/33259-a-rough-guide-on-how-to-make-square-meshed-nets/

[bobcullen79 1,495]

Be interesting to see. Im gonna have a crack at a squared mesh net next time.

 

I have made a few square meshed nets. Good luck you will need it

Really? Maybe I`ll just start with a couple of 6yd stoppies then. What makes it harder than diamond mesh to make? Im not quite sure where you hang it from once Ive done a lenth, you know, when you want to shorten your net to carry on. Cant be that much harder than normal mesh surley, same twine, same board, same knot...

 

http://www.thehuntin...re-meshed-nets/

Bills post doesnt explain how to shorten your net. It doesnt apply to the 2ft piece he made for the demonstration. Looks like he got Paulus in for the photos too. I`ll figure it out, when I get my knitting gear back out of the shed. Not in no rush, Ive got all the kit I need, its all about getting out with it now.

[Tiercel 6,986]

Bills post doesnt explain how to shorten your net. It doesnt apply to the 2ft piece he made for the demonstration. Looks like he got Paulus in for the photos too. I`ll figure it out, when I get my knitting gear back out of the shed. Not in no rush, Ive got all the kit I need, its all about getting out with it now.

 

His post does tell you how to end the net.

 

Well hear goes,, this a rough guide on how to make square meshed nets..

 

 

make a loop on your tag end of twine to attach to an anchor point and another loop the size of your board.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Now its time to get the needle and board into action,, knitt a mesh into the loop you made the size of the board then go around the board again and up between the two strands and form another knott, by doing this you have now added an increased mesh..

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Keep increaseing by one mesh on the last mesh of each row untill you have the net at your desired depth,, this net is six mesh deep for demonstration purposes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

once you have your chosen depth make a row of meshes without an increase,, just a plain row.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Now on the next row increase on the last mesh

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

next row you now have to decrease,, put the needle through the last two meshes of the row and throw your knott.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Next row increase the last mesh,, next row decrease,, increase/decrease ,, keep doing this untill you have your length of net that you require,, make sure when you have your length that your last row is a decreased row, because as you will have noticed by now its time for the meshes on the bottom to catch up with the top meshes,, make another row of plain meshes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Now all you do is decrease every other now untill you are left with one mesh remaining,, thats it done,, cut of your tag ends and its complete.

 

 

 

 

[bobcullen79 1,495]

Is`nt that how to finish a net, not how to shorten it?. Bit of confusion here.... When you`ve knitted say 5 yards of diamond mesh and you want to shorten it, so you can carry on, you loop a cord through and back on to the anchor point it goes, making sure it goes through each mesh.

Now, the square mesh is started from a corner, and your working in diagonal rows. How do you gather it up to shorten it and still get it to hang from a corner? It looks like all the weight of the now forming net is hung on the one mesh on which the net was started, unlike a diamond meshed net, which has several meshes to even out the strain of the weight and tensions whilst working on it.

[Tiercel 6,986]

Apologies Bob,

 

Square mesh is notorious for the meshes ending up different sizes, you have tobe on top of it all the time. How I knit them is start off on a loop and once I have my desired number of meshes I transfer the meshes to a pole.You could use a triangle, but I found that it just was not stable enough.

 

 

The secret is to keep moving the net up the pole after every 4 or 5 rows that helps to keep the meshes the same size. Another trick I learnt was to hold the next two meshes that you will be knitting taught,

 

 

That helps to make sure you make the knot in the centre of the above mesh. It is not making the knot in the centre that causes the meshes to run out most of the time.

 

TC

[bobcullen79 1,495]

Spot on. Nice one TC.