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