Make a Net With the Handmade Tool

I am going to show you how to make a net and also a tool for making it.

All you need:

-a knife
-a saw blade
-a thread or a rope
-an ice cream stick or a piece of wood
-a flat piece of plastic or wood
-anything that can be used as a hook (a nail, a piece of wire etc)

For the needle you will need a piece of wood (ice cream stick in this case), a small sharp knife and a saw blade.

On one end (left) of he stick cut out about 5 mm from the middle as in the picture. (for the bigger stick you can cut out 10-20 mm).Using the knife, sharpen the other end and make a hole about 15 mm from the pointed end. Now cut out the wood about 15-20 mm from the pointed end, leaving a needle-like piece of wood in the middle. Widen the hole with the saw blade.

Define the size of meshes with a little plate. The size of the mesh depends directly of the width of the plate. You can use a piece of plastic or wood.

I am using bigger needle (also handmade) and a thicker rope so it can be seen better. Start rolling like in the picture.

Roll the thread over the plate twice and tide a knot.

Hang the obtained mesh on a hook.

Place the knot on the middle of the plate.

Pull the needle through the mesh.

Pull the thread tight, but make sure that it goes around the plate.

Now you have 3 threads between the hook and the plate. Pull the needle under 2 threads on the right side, leaving 1 on the left. Make sure that the thread fixed to the needle goes over your left hand (if you are right handed).

Pull the thread and you will obtain a knot.

Now you have 2 meshes.

Repeat these steps until you get the desired width of the net.

The net is getting wider and wider.

Put all the meshes in the upper row (one by one) on the hook. (In the step 15 I hold these meshes with my left middle finger, right index finger and right thumb).

Now you can make the net lengthwise.

Now repeat the steps from 9 to 13 to make the second row (to get the net longer) And add the rows until you obtain the desired dimensions of the net.

You can use a net like this to make various objects (for keeping fish, for example). Be creative.