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Adding length to the net by adding mesh knots (the hook
holding the project is not shown).

mesh stick for
ensuring that
each length
of loop is
the same

mesh
knot

1> When you’ve reached the end
of the first row, string the elas-
tics onto a cord and remove it
from the curtain rod or dowel. shopping bag
2 > Tie the cord into a circle about
3 inches wide.
3 > Hang the cord on a hook about
waist height. rim
4 > At the end of the first row, flip
your work—your row #1 will
now be upside down and the
last loop you ‘knit’ in row #1 will
be the first knot in row #2.
To make the shopping bag,
follow these steps:

1 > Use the long tails of twine you light gear
left on the sides to sew up the hammock
sides. (There is no bottom to
sew, since you are essentially Another view of the completed net shopping bag (top) and gear hammock
folding the net in two.) (bottom).