Our prototype net shuttle didn't work. Too wide. Too short. Part of our problem is that skinny t-short material is rather thicker cordage than most u-tuber (some kind of root vegetable?) tutors are using. To get any useful quantity onto the shuttle F needed a rather non-standard piece of equipment.
Too impatient to wait for redesign and remake, she cut a template out of the side of an empty plastic milk bottle (they have to be useful for something), wound up the skinny t-shirt tape and launched.
I supervised.
I confirm there was no swearing but there was a lot of face twisting and some guttural noises expressing frustration. The plastic thing worked but it did not make the job an easy one. Her improvised shuttle was only marginally better than simply winding the cord into a ball.
Halfway-ish
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| That gauge is, well, the 'gauge'... (it determines the hole size) |
Completed
Observations on net bag making:
1. Supervising is vaguely interesting. I prefer supervising computer activities.
2. It's a bit difficult to assess just how much stuff you might get in it until you've finished it and tested. They sort of stretch sideways or lengthways and a bit of both. F announced this one to be about cat-sized.
3. I like riding in bags, but you won't catch me in that one
Now she's getting her spoon carving tools out to make a 'proper' shuttle to make net bags out of string.
How many net bags do you suppose one household needs?
Hari OM
ReplyDeleteOh I don't know, Tigger; net bags are rather a useful item for all sorts and are, in and of themselves, easily stored with minimal footprint. So whatever rocks F's boat and keeps her out of mischief, eh?! Can you offer to direct a movie of the shuttle in action? That would surely boost the interest value for you! Hugs and whiskeries, YAM-aunty xxx
look great to me, and boggles my mind. you would NOT want to see what I would do with that string or ribbon. i had no idea what a shuttel was until now. about the oak tree yesterday, there are no leaves yet, here in central Fl these oaks keep their leaves until now, then the new squiggles full of pollen push the old leaves off and the new leaves come right behind them, there is maybe 2 weeks with no leaves but squiggles. here is a link to oaks in central florida. https://sharonsflorida.com/plants-page/native-trees/oak-trees-native-to-central-florida/ we call these scrub oaks, the names on the link are not what we call them. we call them pin oaks, scrub oaks, water oaks. no idea what this one really is
ReplyDeleteThanks for the link. Sand Post oak has leaves closest to our familiar european oak. In NZ we grew both european and american oaks - Pin Oaks in particular.
DeleteVery clever indeed. I don’t know. How many bags are needed. But if your household is like mine.
ReplyDeleteOhhhh sooo many. As I keep forgetting to put them back in the car to use again
I've never tried to make a net bag, I'd probably get more frustrated with things falling out of it, they do have netting for netball and basketball courts though
ReplyDeleteI guess we could try small fishing nets...
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