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  2. Net (textile) - Wikipedia

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    Netting can also be used to make tutus for dancing costumes. Netting can also be referred to when considering the handmade craft. [3] Using either the lace-maker or the net-maker method to tie the netting knot, several types of netting can be created. Diamond mesh netting goes back and forth, in rows.

  3. Nålebinding - Wikipedia

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    Nålebound socks from Egypt (300–500 AD) Mittens done in "nålebinding" Swedish nålebinding mittens, late 19th century. Nålebinding (Danish and Norwegian: literally 'binding with a needle' or 'needle-binding', also naalbinding, nålbinding, nålbindning, or naalebinding) is a fabric creation technique predating both knitting and crochet.

  4. Mary Maxim - Wikipedia

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    Mary Maxim is the largest privately held craft and needlework mail-order company in North America. [1] It has an office currently in Paris, Ontario with their headquarters based out of Port Huron, Michigan and a retail store at 75 Scott Ave, Paris ON Canada. The Port Huron, Michigan retail store has permanently closed, though the office remains ...

  5. Cricket nets - Wikipedia

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    The mesh gap is usually 50 mm and the twine will commonly have a diameter of 1.8 to 3.0 mm. Netting may be knotless or knotted: knotted is considered superior. The breaking strength of knotted netting is higher for the same diameter twine. Good twine will be UV stabilized and rot proof. For home-made nets, netting is the only specialist supply.

  6. International Guild of Knot Tyers - Wikipedia

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    The object of the Guild shall be the advancement of education by the study of and practice of the art, craft and science of knotting, past and present. In furtherance of this object but not otherwise the Guild shall have the following powers: (a) To undertake research into all aspects of knotting and to publish the useful results.

  7. Needlework - Wikipedia

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    Needlework was an important fact of women's identity during the Victorian age, including embroidery, netting, knitting, crochet, and Berlin wool work. A growing middle class had more leisure time than ever before; printed materials offered homemakers thousands of patterns.

  8. Handicraft - Wikipedia

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    Batik craftswomen in Java, Indonesia Savisiipi handicrafts store in Pori, Finland A handicraft Selling-Factory shop, Isfahan, Iran Artesanato Mineiro. A handicraft is a traditional main sector of craft making and applies to a wide range of creative and design activities that are related to making things with one's hands and skill, including work with textiles, moldable and rigid materials ...

  9. Net (device) - Wikipedia

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    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] Originally, all nets were made by hand. Construction begins from a single point for round nets such as purse nets, net bags, or hair nets, but square nets are usually started from a headrope. [3]