Making Long Nets

[Fretwell 59 15]

I have a couple of questions about making longs nets

What size sting for the top and bottom ?

What size string for the actual net part ?

What size holes in the for corner to corner ?

How tall should it be ?

 

Matt

[Tiercel 6,986]

I have a couple of questions about making longs nets

What size sting for the top and bottom ?

What size string for the actual net part ?

What size holes in the for corner to corner ?

How tall should it be ?

 

Matt

1.8 to 2mm hollow braid is fine.

Agouti's long net twine. http://www.agouti-nets.co.uk/product/42-500g-brown-long-net-twine

Most people use a 21/8" mesh board that gives you 41/4" mesh size.

With the selvedge half meshes it should hang about 60 inches that would be 13 meshes + 2 half selvedge meshes = 14 meshes deep.

 

TC

Edited April 28, 2013 by tiercel

[Fretwell 59 15]

 

 

I have a couple of questions about making longs nets

What size sting for the top and bottom ?

What size string for the actual net part ?

What size holes in the for corner to corner ?

How tall should it be ?

 

Matt

1.8 to 2mm hollow braid is fine.

Agouti's long net twine. http://www.agouti-nets.co.uk/product/42-500g-brown-long-net-twine

Most people use a 21/8" mesh board that gives you 41/4" mesh size.

With the selvedge half meshes it should hang about 60 inches that would be 13 meshes + 2 half selvedge meshes = 14 meshes deep.

 

TC

 

I am new to net making just won't to give it a shot and that just confused me more like what is the actual thick ness of the net string its self and how big are the holes in the net it's self

 

Cheers matt

[Guest scramble]

Matt, before you start on a long net i'd strongly advise you making a few purse nets first. You've already said your new to net making, if you dont know what materials or mesh sizes mean then your going to struggle from the off.

[Fretwell 59 15]

Av got purse nets but i just wanted to try and make a long net are they the same size hole and stints as a long net

[Tiercel 6,986]

Right lets start at the begining.

 

Did you make the purse nets?

 

Your answer will decide what type of advice you need.

 

TC

Edited April 28, 2013 by tiercel

[Fretwell 59 15]

No I didn't make the purse nets but I knw how to do it

[thenetter 37]

think you've got a job on your hands there tiercel,

a t b.

[Tiercel 6,986]

You have not told me if you have made nets, so I will asume that even though you say you know how to make them, you have never actually made some.

 

Every thing has its own lanuage, and for you to understand better I will give you a brief description of the terms used in making nets.

 

The holes in the net are called meshes.

 

The meshes are made with a mesh board. Each row that you make is a half mesh. It takes two rows to make a full mesh. Think of it like this, when making a purse net you make the first row on a ring, that is half a mesh. It is only when you complete the second row do you have a full mesh.

 

A mesh board or gauge is used to make the meshes. The most popular size for a long net is 21/8" and because it takes two rows using the 21/8" mesh board the size of the full mesh is then 41/4".

 

Each different twine has its own sizeing. The best material for hand made nets is spun polyester, that comes in different sizes If you had looked at the link I gave you in my last post you would see that it was agouti's long net twine which is thinner than his purse net twine and about the best twine available for making long nets.

 

To make a long net is the same as making a purse net you knit 13 rows on to a ring and just keep knitting till you have the length of net you want once you have that length you can just cut off The ring you started the net on.

 

Once you have you main body of the net you need to add a half mesh of thicker twine to each side of the net. This is called a selvedge. The selvedge is made of thicker twine or doubled up twine that the body of the net is made of. A selvedge is important on a hand made net mainly because the thinner twine in the body of the net would wear quicker than the thicker twine used in the selvedge. Most people use agouti's purse net twine for the selvedge.

 

In this photo you can see the green selvedge added to a white bodied net.

 

 

In this one you will see how to set the net up to add the selvedge.

 

 

Once you have knitted the selvedge on one side of the net you turn the net over and do the other side.

 

Any questions on where we are at so far?

 

TC

[Fretwell 59 15]

What is 21 8 size as in inches

[Tiercel 6,986]

What is 21 8 size as in inches

That is in inches. It is 2 inches and one 8th of an inch. If it makes it any easier it is 54 mm

[matt101 115]

Hi tiercel, very informative posts, thank you! just out of interest how long, on average, would it take an experienced net maker to knit a 50m longnet.

 

ATB

[Tiercel 6,986]

Hi tiercel, very informative posts, thank you! just out of interest how long, on average, would it take an experienced net maker to knit a 50m longnet.

 

ATB

LOL How long is a piece of string? In actual knitting time around about 35 to 40 hours but that is constant knitting. The best way to do it is to pick it up when you feel like knitting then put it down when you have had enough. It usually takes me a couple of weeks to make a 50 yard net but I have had some that take over a couple of months to complete. Just focus on the end result and the time is soon forgotten.

 

TC

[matt101 115]

hmm thats a lot of hours! i suppose once you get into the flow, its not too bad. maybe ill try some purse nets first!

 

ATB

[Tiercel 6,986]

hmm thats a lot of hours! i suppose once you get into the flow, its not too bad. maybe ill try some purse nets first!

 

ATB

It does sound a lot, but lets say you knit 3 hrs per week. In 12 weeks you could have a 50 yard net. So going by that you could make 3 in a year just by spending 3 hrs a week knitting.

 

If you could spare an hour a day knitting you could have one finished in 5 weeks.

 

Go on you know you want to.

 

TC