Net Making Made Simple - A Guide to Making Nets for Sport and Home

Various Authors

• Publisher: Forbes Press
• Year: 2016
• eBook ISBN:
  9781473357235
• Print ISBN:
  9781447436980

This vintage book is a complete guide to net and netting, with historical information, directions of making and using a variety of nets, helpful tips, and much more. Written in simple, plain language and profusely illustrated, this book is highly recommended for those who require a knowledge of nets for work or pleasure and would make for a fantastic addition to collections of related literature. Contents include: "Preparation", "Needles", "Mesh", "Filling the Needle with Twin", "The Netting Stitches", "The Old Netting Stitch", "The Fisherman's Stitch", "Weaver's Knot", "Various Kinds of Netting", "Plain Netting", "Various Nets Made by Plan Netting", "Square Mesh Netting", "Circular Netting", "Fancy Netting", "Miscellaneous", etc. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on nets and netting.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Rope, Knots and Nets
• Contents
• List of Plates
• Chapter I—Preparation
• Chapter II—Plain Netting
• Chapter III—Various Nets Made by Plain Netting
• Chapter IV—Square Mesh Netting
• Chapter V—Circular Netting
• Chapter VI—Fancy Pattern Netting
• Chapter VII—Miscellaneous