mending fishnets

Written by i j

Monday, 22 March 2010 17:29

Today I come with one of those articles “do it yourself”, it’s simple, its useful… we talk about…

Mending Fishnets

Did you ever have same problem? Well I never had it, because I don’t use them but my girl friend does, and it’s a fact that sooner or later (and usually sooner than later) fishnets broke, when that happens it’s better to fix them before you can name the “broke”, “hole”.

You have to fix the fishnets when the first link gets broken, don’t wait any longer or you will find that the fishnets start to break faster and faster (it has something to do with the tension being distributed in a decreasing amount of threads).

Before that happens for fixing it you just need a needle a thread of the same color than the fishnets and a little bit of patience.

The thinner the fishnet it’s the harder its going to be to fix it… we will have to live with that…

I leave you with a video and then with some written instructions.

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In first place you have to wear your fishnets, it will make things easier for later and it will create some tension that its useful for doing a good job.

Insert the thread in the needle (I think that we all could imagine this steep) and then cross the fishnet with the needle just in the middle of one side of the broken link, leave a little bit of thread behind it.

(if the “broken link” has reached the “hole” category, then you will have to find where exactly you need to mend the fishnet for the repair, if the hole it’s just too big then just buy a new one…)

Repeat that process 2 more times and then cut the extra thread you leaved behind in the previous steep.

Then join together the 2 sides of the broken link and cross with the needle both of them at same time, strain the thread a little bit and repeat the process 4 more times, in the last stitch try to pass the needle inside the circle tat the thread formed in the 3^rd stitch (that way you will “trap” the thread of the 4^th stitch under the thread of the 3^rd stitch).

Cut the extra thread and… ¡¡boila!!