Net (device)

It requires less material than something sheet-like, and provides a degree of transparency, as well as flexibility and lightness.

Nets have been constructed by human beings since at least the Mesolithic period for use in capturing or retaining things.

[3] A line is tied to the headrope at regular intervals, forming a series of loops.

The first and last rows are generally made using a half-size gauge, so that the edges of the net will be smooth.

However, the stress concentration at the edges of the hole often causes it to tear further, making timely repairs important.

Nets, like fabric, stretch less along their constituent strands (the "bars" between knots) than diagonally across the gaps in the mesh.

Nets are designed and constructed for their specific purpose by modifying the parameters of the weave and the material used.

Nets are used in sporting goals and in games such as soccer, basketball, bossaball and ice hockey.

A cargo net being used to unload sacks from a ship at Haikou New Port , Haikou City, Hainan , China
A fragment of neolithic fishing net.
One method of making nets is by tying sheet bends using a netting needle and a gauge. Key: *a) head rope *f) loop of the sheet bend being tied *n) netting shuttle *s) gauge *z) tongue of the netting shuttle (makes it easier to load the twine so that it does not twist as it is used)
Mending a net; binding a length of net to a new head rope. Note that, unusually, the gauge of the row being worked is larger than the gauge of the rest of the net.
A mother and her child show the fishing net that the mother is making
Some nets are still made by hand. This 2013 image shows a Syrian refugee in Lebanon in her home, manually knotting a fishing net intended for sale. [ 2 ]
Finishing a Mayan hammock, which is twisted rather than knotted.
The twisted net of a Mayan hammock is very stretchy, letting it hold this sleeping baby securely.