BS: wot net not?

Subject: BS: wot net not?
From: Mo the caller
Date: 11 Nov 07 - 09:21 AM

Any crafty people out there?
I've got a load of baler twine and I want to make a net patch, to mend a big hole in my flock net (shouldn't have loaded it onto the wheelbarrow without checking it wasn't tangled in the wheel). My chickens keep escaping.
So I started by cutting the bits into horizontals and verticals (warp and weft), then googled for the knot to use.
I found there were 2 kinds of net - single strand and multi strand. Single strand net needs a sheet bend knot, and is made using one continuous piece of string wound on a netting needle.
I'm not sure if multi strand means lots of bits of string, and if it so what knot I'll use. I thought the loose ends would be useful for tieing it in to the existing net.

Subject: RE: BS: wot net not?
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 11 Nov 07 - 09:44 AM

You need a netting needle, and a lot of patience.
Some instructions can be found here.
Giok

Subject: RE: BS: wot net not?
From: Bert
Date: 11 Nov 07 - 10:29 AM

Match the existing net. If it's chicken wire then it will be twisted together at each join. If it's square mesh wire it is usually woven.

Subject: RE: BS: wot net not?
From: Bert
Date: 11 Nov 07 - 10:30 AM

Oh, but if it's internet then you don't stand a chance of fixing it ;-)

Subject: RE: BS: wot net not?
From: Mo the caller
Date: 11 Nov 07 - 02:21 PM

No it's plastic cord, electric, but I don't use a battery (cos I don't eat battery eggs). Hence the baler twine