dumbell thingys

[ianrob 2]

Does anyone know where I can buy those dumbell looking thingys that you can use instead of rings for making purse nets. Alternatively perhaps someone can tell me how not to end up lopsided when clove hitching the last ring on. It isn't a severe problem and I've knit nets for years, including 3 longnets, dozens of pursenets and loads of other fancies I've taken over the years. It does annoy me that they're not perfect in my eyes . The net pictured is a 4 ft "bramble" coloured net, I tend to dye different lengths different colours.

[maty j 6]

do you mean sliders Ian for making the brouse net or what some call the poke net? they can be made out of wire coat hangers easily enough and cost very little if anything to make that way.

 

you'll need to knock some sort of device up that wil hold the sliders when while you knit the net. mine looks like a pike gag but with hooked ends on to go through the holes in the slider. its made from the ame wire i make my snare teilers from.

Edited December 11, 2007 by maty j