fox nets

[MJC 1]

right lads

my mate is in a bit of a jam with making a fox net, now he has have been told to start with 8 on ring and out to 16 then back down to 8 do you have to add loops to get it out to 18 ? if so how do you add extra loops or would it be easy just starting of with 16 on ring and just keep going till he reaches 6 foot.

thank you

this is his first time making one

[mole catcher 1]

to make a shaped net is easy.

 

on the second row as you make the first and last mesh(loop) around your gage DONT REMOVE THE GAGE. go around the board again and back through the last mesh as before., this will add another loop. this will make the second row 10 meshes wide. just keep adding the 2 extra meshes till you get your requiered amount of meshes.

 

to take in the meshes simply pick up 2 meshes instead of 1 at each end and do this on each row till you come back down to 8.

[MJC 1]

to make a shaped net is easy.

 

on the second row as you make the first and last mesh(loop) around your gage DONT REMOVE THE GAGE. go around the board again and back through the last mesh as before., this will add another loop. this will make the second row 10 meshes wide. just keep adding the 2 extra meshes till you get your requiered amount of meshes.

 

to take in the meshes simply pick up 2 meshes instead of 1 at each end and do this on each row till you come back down to 8.

 

hi mole catcher i just about to send you mail, anyway thanks for the reply i will tell my mate once again

[maty j 6]

to make a shaped net is easy.

 

on the second row as you make the first and last mesh(loop) around your gage DONT REMOVE THE GAGE. go around the board again and back through the last mesh as before., this will add another loop. this will make the second row 10 meshes wide. just keep adding the 2 extra meshes till you get your requiered amount of meshes.

 

to take in the meshes simply pick up 2 meshes instead of 1 at each end and do this on each row till you come back down to 8.

 

sorry to highjack your thread MJC,

 

MC quick question, what shape/ size do you make your fox purse nets?? better explain incase you dont understand what i mean. when i make a rabbit net i start with 9 loops - step out 1 mesh on every row till ive got 18. carry on another 2 straight rows then reduce till ive got 9 then cast off onto the ring. ive got a decent sized net then that will fit nearly every hole i come accross both wide and height.

 

how many would you start off with, go out to etc on a fox net?? and what size mesh board?

 

TIA,

Edited March 24, 2008 by maty j

[mole catcher 1]

Maty J

 

insted of adding just one mesh add one at each end and this will give you a longer body to the net. what i meen is this.

 

for a rabbit net i use a 2.1/8 inch mesh gage

 

1st row = 8meshes

2nd row = 8 meshes

3rd row = 10 meshes

4th row =12 meshes

5th row = 14meshes

6th row = 16 meshes

 

i then carry on at 16meshes till i reach the 16th row.

 

17th row = 14 meshes

18th row = 12meshes

19th row = 10meshes

20th row = 8meshes

21st row = 8meshes

 

 

doing it this way with this size mesh gage gives you a nice shaped 4ft rabbit net with a longer area of the wider part of the net. it takes no more time and gives you a good working net size wise.OF COURSE THIS IS ONLY THE WAY I DO IT, EVERY NET MAKER HAS THEIR OWN WAY

[maty j 6]

thanks MC, i use the same size board, come to think of it i got it off you.? anyway what size board would you use for fox nets and would you knit the same amount of rows and meshes for the fox net (same as you wrote above), just using the bigger board??

Edited March 24, 2008 by maty j

[mole catcher 1]

thanks MC, i use the same size board, come to think of it i got it off you.? anyway what size board would you use for fox nets and would you knit the same amount of rows and meshes for the fox net (same as you wrote above), just using the bigger board??

 

 

for a fox net i would use a 3inch mesh gage starting at 10mesh on the ring and take it out to 16 mesh wide. to get the 6ft in length make the net 24 mesh long with the 3inch gage.

 

Edited March 24, 2008 by mole catcher

[maty j 6]

cheers MC. i'll have to get a 3 inch board made up