document updated 1 year, 9 months ago, on Mar 4, 2023

net-making

on TikTok (the red thing in his hand is called a "mesh gauge", and is used to help ensure the hole size stays even)
on TikTok (what net makers call a "net needle" might be better known to outsiders as a kind of weaving shuttle)
on TikTok

"Practical Twinework for Fishermen and Gear Technologists", 1990, by Joseph T. DeAlteris and Kathleen M. Castro, jointly published by the U.S. Agency for International Development and NOAA Sea Grant

Specific sections that I personally find valuable:

KnotsIndeed.com — LOTS of information, really deep *and* broad information here
netting.nightshaderose.com — how-to instructions
Denis Diderot's diagrams are beautiful, where-ever you can find them [1] [2]
- they're from the Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire Raisonné des Sciences, des Arts et des Métiers by Denis Diderot and Jean d'Alembert, 1751-1777
- TODO — the full set of pages are available here, but there's SO MANY PAGES!

The other style of net needle is called an "H style" or a "Norwegian net needle".