Page 240 - Barbara Merry "The Splicing Handbook"

neighboring ⅜-inch (9 mm) piece. To keep the squares consistent, keep your

ruler or tape close by—you’ll want to check their sizes often. By now you’ll
have noticed that the strands are running in a stepwise pattern—over 6 inches
(150 mm), down 6 inches (150 mm); over 6 inches (150 mm), down 6 inches
(150 mm); and so on.
Finish locking in the squares from left to right. Tie up the body of the net by
trimming and then splicing the ends into the right selvage. As you are doing this,
be careful to keep the squares along the right edge a consistent 6-inch (150 mm)
size.

The next step is to make two more small lifting eyes. As you did before, from
the spot where the last ⅜-inch (9 mm) piece is spliced into the selvage, measure
down 6 inches (150 mm) and mark the selvage. Measure another 6 inches (150
mm) and mark the selvage again.

Pinch the ⅝-inch (16 mm) rope together until the two marks meet, and tie a
tight seizing to make the eye permanent. Put another eye in the other corner.
Trim the ends of the ⅝-inch (16 mm) selvage and “marry” them together. A
long splice is a nice finishing touch here, but a short splice (see page 30)—
though not as invisible—will do just fine.