Water bottle carrier.  Can be carried in hand or clipped to wahatever

How to make a tubular net with a neat end?

You have one dinosaur of a cell phone, but I am one to talk. I have no love for modern stuff, except computers and the internet. And paracord, etc.
Oh, and thanks for the tutorials, I love them. Site is now one of my bookmarks.
My cell phone- super cheap old thing, but dependable and useful. Its a flip-phone. I like it.
It is missing most of the keypad, I just press the keypad domes after licking me fingers. works good.

Unless something breaks, do not replace it. If you don't need something new, dont buy it! I find it funny how modern society is- "hey, its new, I need it cause it will make me cool!"
Ya, no offense to anyone here. Just saying somehting.

Arcane Tinker wrote on Feb 27^th, 2013 at 9:39pm:

That is a good way to get the meshes back in line.  To prevent further problems

Hold the gauge 90 degrees to the net
If you are using a foundation cord make sure the first row doesn't bunch up on the cord.  This could cause a slight angle to the net resulting on uneven rows.


Here are a few hints to help the beginning Net maker:
1.  MAINTAIN THE PINCH.  Pinch the 2 legs of the previous loop and the Working End between your thumb and forefinger against the top of the gauge.  This prevents the working end from slipping back.

2.  When you make a sheet bend, you are first forming a half hitch around the 2 strands of the loop you are tying into.  As you tighten draw the knot to the right instead of down to take out the slack.  As you see the half hitch form on the 2 legs gradually ease it down to your thumb and forefinger.  Do not release your pinch until the half hitch is locked into place, forming the sheet bend.
3. Keep pulling back to maintain some tension in the work.
4.  The most common mistake a novice makes is letting the half hitch form below the loop being tied into.

thanks for this. i've been doing a lot of gourd canteens lately and my netting is in desperate need of some improvement i think.

Paleoarts, are those nets made by reverse twisting, or what?
Great gourd canteens.  I imagine the invention of carrying along water in such containers was a major step toward becoming modern humans, maybe to some degree comparable to smashing stones to make sharp shards, or using fire.

PS My bottle carrier seem to come along nicely.  I wonder how other net makers handle the gauge.  In the beginning it slipped to the floor between each sheet bend, not all that fun, and I soon tied a  neck lanyard to it, a solution that seem to work just fine.

I realized that I have the "pinch of death" on my gauge. After half an hour of net making, my gauge forearm feels like a block of wood and the muscle at the base of my thumb is all engorged and scary looking.  I can probably let up a little bit.

What I really need to do is completely switch hands with every row.  (Instead of flipping the net and always working right to left, leave the net alone and work right to left, then left to right with the gauge in the opposite hand)