Equipment Used in Netting

Class on netting tools and their sources
  • Video only (View before the other equipment videos.)
    • General information about netting equipment.
  • Video and PDF
    • Netting Needles and Netting Shuttles
    • Mesh Sticks/Netting Gauges
    • Tension Devices
    • Thread, Yarn, String, Cord – Materials Used in Netting
    • General Tools
  • PDF only
    • Equipment Sources
    • Knitting Needles Used as Mesh Sticks
    • Mesh Stick Conversions
  • Link
    • Commend Me to a Knitting Wife: A look at mid-19th century knitting
      (includes comparisons between current yarns and knitting needles and those found in patterns written in the 19th century)
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Tying Knots: Slip, Square, and Overhand

Tying Three Knots: Slip, Square, and Overhand
  • Video and PDF
    • Slip Knot
    • Square Knot
    • Overhand Knot
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Filling Netting Needles and Shuttles

Class teaches how to fill netting needles and netting shuttles
  • Video and PDF
    • Filling a Metal Netting Needle – using a figure eight
    • Filling a Metal Netting Needle – first one side and then the other side
    • Filling a Netting Shuttle with a Bendable Prong
    • Filling a Norwegian Shuttle
    • Filling a Wooden or Open-slit Netting Needle – using a figure-eight pattern
    • Filling a Wooden or Open-slit Netting Needle – first one side, then the other side
    • How Full to Fill Your Netting Needle or Shuttle
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