Net Bag Tutorial for Beginning Net Makers

[asemery]

Basic netmaking can be found here http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=96057&highlight=Netmaking+101

Once my students can tie the sheet bend I have them make a simple net bag like this. Straightforward netting - no increasing or decreasing.

1. Using the chain start http://pineapple.myfunforum.org/The_Chain_Start_about950.html make a chain 16 meshes long. I used a 1 1/2" wide gauge.

2. Make a panel 30 rows long.

3. On either side take a separate cord. Count down 5 rows and strung the cord through the side meshes (see top of photo). Tie the ends of the cord together (see bottom of photo).

4. Take a separaate cord and string it through the end meshes (see top of photo). Tie the ends of the cord together to form a loop (bottom of photo).

5. Hang the bag by these 2 end loops. Will hold a lot of onions or potatoes or whatever.

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[Toadflax]

No replies, but many views! So thanks for this.

I made a similar one a couple of years ago and it's remarkable how much cordage you need to complete something like this. Makes you realise how valuable a net would have been if all the cordage was hand-twisted.


Geoff

 

[stuart f]

Thanks for taking the time in doing this. I learned to net by using your "how to net pdf" which i download a few years ago. My first net was a bag like the one in the post above, using the pdf tutorial.

Many thanks for passing on your knowledge.

Cheers Stuart.

 

[Toddy]

I've just seen this

Neat, tidy, and so clearly explained and a very practical useful too

Thank you for posting Tony

atb,
Mary

 

[asemery]

Thanks for all the comments guys. If you want to explore the craft further go to the net making forum http://pineapple.myfunforum.org/index.php?c=7 where there over a dozen netting related topics to explore. Tony

 

[asemery]

Here I go. Complicating a simple project. First I removed the side strings and tied the side meshes together using the sheet bend but NO gauge.

Next I took away the end loops. Starting at A (either end) I went across the end row tying into 2 meshes each time.

I tied 20 rows to hake a shoulder strap. To make a simple short handle only tie a couple of rows.

To tie back into the body of the bag I put a loop through the middle of the handle to stretch the netting apart, I first tied into the first 2 loops of the 8 and then back to the handle in the numerical sequence shown.

TaDa

Clarification of first step

 

[asemery]

At my recent net making demonstraton I made up a panel of netting and was about to tie up the sides to make a storage bag. I realized that if I used small soft shackles

I could change the number of side meshes I included and make either a storage /shopping bag

or a storage hammock

Small carabiners would work equally well. Tony

 

[Two Socks]

Great tutorials. I have to try this. Thank you.