starting a longnet

[netrigger 568]

heres another option in starting a net,, make a loop to attach to a hook, and another loop the bridth of your board

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

now take your board and needle and knit a mesh into the loop you made the bredth of your board,, keep nitting mesh for mesh untill you have the depth you require( make a string of meshes 30 long for a net of 15 mesh deep

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

once you have knitted the meshes you require its time to hook the meshes up

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

once you have the meshes on the hook and your finger tye the meshes that you have on your finger with a piece of twine

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

now take the meshes of the hook and attach the meshes that you tyed in with the piece of twine onto the hook,, now all you need to do is keep knitting row for row untill you reach the length you require the net to be

 

 

 

 

 

 

its not the easiest to explain but i do hope it helps

Edited October 11, 2007 by netrigger

[TOMO 26,767]

yeh ya dead right , it aint easy to explain . went right over my head even though there were pics. TOMO

[mapreader 5]

Great input there Netrigger...since you explained it to me that,s the only way I use now. I messed that first mesh up as I told you but can now see the correct way.

 

Regards Mapreader

[Boom 0]

this guy must eat drink and sleep nets lol... well in netrigger

[Ricky-N.p.p 0]

this guy must eat drink and sleep nets lol... well in netrigger

 

 

beleive me mate, his is trhe net guru !!

[OldTrapCollector 377]

That's the way I start my long nets too, but I have tried to explain it before and it is not easy to understand ~ a demonstration speaks volumes!

 

Beginners tend to start on a ring and then cut them off later but that's no bad thing as it still works the same, but for neatness and perfection then this way is the way.

 

OTC

[netrigger 568]

Thats the best way imo to start of a longnet,, come to think of it any net,, provideing you require the depht of the net at the start...... REGARDS

 

Nice and neat OLT,, theres no need for a ring or a loop of twine to start of a net ,,,,, its another option as you know in the starting off a net be it rabbit or (if you have the balls any type off net )..knot..knot....knot.... Aint it a labour off love

regards..

[Ricky-N.p.p 0]

seem to remember someone showing me how to tie a similar net not so long ago

 

you off int morn ??

[netrigger 568]

IM AFRAID, I HAD TO POSTPONE TILL NEXT SAT !!!

[TOMO 26,767]

i wish some one could actualy demonstrate this method , as i have looked again at these pics and cannot see how that is easier than dong 15 meshes straight on to a loop of twine. the way some folk do a purse net TOMO STILL CONFUSED

[netrigger 568]

Well Tomo if your a fussy bugger like myself its the neatest way to start of any net,, if you knit on to a ring or a loop of twine the first row of meshes will be of a bigger mesh size due to the clove hitch!!! but hay it aint a big deal!! make your first row of meshes with a board an 1/8 " of an inch smaller than your intended mesh size,,,, I agree with your comment, its a hard one to explain but any netmaker worth his salt should be able to get the jest of which i posted!! as i posted its just another way to start of a net,,, THERES NO SENSE IN KNITTING ON TO A RING, THEN HAVING TO CUT THE MESHES OF!!! AMATUREIST! IF YOU INTEND TO KNIT ON TO A RING,, MAKE SURE YOU USE A SPLIT RING,, IT SAVES CUTTING OF THE FIRST ROW AND MAKES THE END PRODUCT NICE AND TIDEY!!! FEK ME IVE FOUND THE CAPS LOCK BUTTON regards......

[Guest wisp]

how do you do the double meshs top and bottom netrigger?

[netrigger 568]

Thats another topic !! watch this space,,

[LAMPER 0]

Ive only ever knitted a couple of longnets,..but what i did to start was atatch a looped cable tie to a swivel and then let that act has a ring. It was then big enough for my fully loaded large needle to pass through. It was also easy to cut when i wanted to remove it.

Ok,.my first row of meshes may of been a little bigger,but at the end of the day it dont realy matter being at the end of the finished longnet anyway.

I realy envy you guys who knit 100yrds of mesh....I start off real keen...but then end up deciding maybe a stop net is a better idea..

 

Lamps

Edited September 22, 2007 by LAMPER

[netrigger 568]

Correct Lamper, it aint a big issue regarding the mesh size,, but if iam knitting a net of a 4" mesh this method will make all your meshes 4"" mesh throughtout the net,, as i said iam a fussy Bugger when it comes to the making and setting of nets,, aint i an old fashioned bugger??? regards