NET MAKING

[ferreterno1 0]

now ive been making a few purse nets this week and ive been doing them 18 meshes long (about 3ft) and 13 meshes wide. i was wondering what other people do for the width because ive seen a video wear they were making them 18 meshes wide seems like a waste of twine to me.

it would be good to hear other poeples views

thanks

 

edited to say the mesh is 2 1/8" knot to knot

Edited May 12, 2007 by ferreterno1

[Guest Magwitch]

have you tried making shaped nets?

[ferreterno1 0]

have you tried making shaped nets?

 

no have you?

[PETEWINN 5]

I start with 13 on the ring and step out to 18 wide.

 

I would not recommend anything less than 15 wide as you will lose far to many rabbits.

[TITCHY69 10]

HI I START WITH 11 ON FIRST ROW THEN STEP IT UP TO 13 ON THE SECOND ROW AND THEN UP TO 15 AND THEN STEP BACK DOWN TOWARDS THE END OF THE NET I FOUND THIS SAVES TWINE.

[mole catcher 1]

for a 4ft net i knit it as follows

 

using a 2.1/8 mesh board

9 direct onto ring

another row of 9

take it out to 11

then 13

then 15

then 17

then 19

another 8 rows at 19

back in to 17

then 15

then13

then 11

then 2 rows of 9

 

 

this makes a lovely wide purse net at 4ft long, cant see the point of worrying about skimping on twine as a net of this size will only use the same amount of twine as a 3ft net knitted at 15mesh deep straight through. At the end of the day you want to catch rabbits, why make your nets small and risk an escape?

[DILLIGAF 0]

I do mine 11 meshes wide, 4 to 41/2 foot long, 2 1/8" knot to knot, from spun nylon. They seem to work a treat for me

Tried making some shaped ones once with a teat in - like a johny, figurred the rabbits would get meshed up easier. Couldnt figure out how to do it though, any ideas????

 

(I didnt nick the pic, i changed my name because someone else had one very similiar)

[J Darcy 5,871]

I like both rabbit and fox nets nice and wide. Used to buy 5 footers from Johnson Fieldsports and they wree the dogs danglies...i like 8 foot fox nets too...they will catch what a small net wont IMHO