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Netting - Making a Flat Piece
Now that you can make a knot, here are some additional situations you may run into when
netting a flat piece:
Keep in mind that you will be working
diagonally from one corner. Therefore to
start the piece you need to build up the net
by one loop, starting with two loops on a
starting loop.
The outside loops of a flat piece will flatten
out to become a double-strength border.
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Each row of the piece is worked in the same
direction (left to right, for right-handed
netters). The work is turned at the end of
each row so that the working thread is now
towards the netter's gauge hand.
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Always remember to start with the working
thread in front of the gauge!
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The first loop of each row will be the tightest
squeeze for your shuttle. You may find at the
beginning of the row that you have chosen a
gauge that is too small for your shuttle, or
overloaded your shuttle.
For a gauge that is too small, start over.
You've only made two knots so far; you can
do that again.
For overloaded shuttle, unwind thread until
you can fit the shuttle through. Pull the thread
through, being careful not to let it tangle.
After the knot is formed, re-wrap the thread
on the shuttle.
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When you pull the first loop of each row tight,
only worry about the position of the forming
knot relative to the gauge. Do not pay
attention to the size of the loop around the
gauge.
The first loop you make on each row will be
overly large because the string has to travel
down from the previous row. If you pull those
loops tight around the gauge, the outside
edge of your net will be too tight, preventing
you from stretching the rest of the net out flat
into squares.
Netting into the next loop of the row.
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In order to keep your flat piece growing, you
need to knot 2 knots in the last loop of each
row.
The picture to the right shows the second
row completed.
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Third row completed
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Fourth row completed
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I've decided the net is large enough and
want to start decreasing it now. I will do this
by netting the last two loops of each row
together.
The picture to the right shows the tip of the
netting shuttle going through two loops at the
same time. Everything else about the knot is
done the same as a regular knot.
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Fifth row completed; note the loops on the
right side knotted together
Sixth row completed; now both sides are
decreasing.
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If I had wanted a long skinny rectangular
piece I could have continued increasing on
even rows and decreasing on odd rows.
Unfortunately I ran out of string at the end of
the sixth row and never completed this little
piece. (Sorry!) However, it would have come
out as a 3 mesh by 4 mesh rectangle.
Because of the geometry of netting, it is
impossible to make a perfect square. So if
you want a 10x10 square, knot until you have
10 completed meshes counting down the
side from the corner, then on the NEXT row
begin your decreases at the end of each
row. You should end up with a 10x11 piece.
You may feel you've "lost" a mesh off the end
of each row because of the manner in which
the outside loops double.
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Thi s page created August 4, 2001
Last updated August 05, 2005