Knotted Netting

Last night the demo with Anne on netting was really fun. I enjoyed looking at the baskets that she brought in and the bait bags from the lobster traps in Maine that she collects when they wash up on the shore. I think that there are so many possibilities with the netting. I think that I am going to have to do some experiments with that. I was thinking that it could be really great as a framework for something to be woven through like the chicken wire I have been working with. I was also thinking that there would be ways to create sections that look like fringe. I played with some pink yarn, purple cord, and black gimp last night. Anne said they have some great colors of clothes line at Home Depot that would work well for netting. I think that the netting could also look really great with knitting and that it would be pretty easy to transition from one to the other if you hung the loops from the net on the knitting machine, or also went through them with your knitting needles and started adding into it. I am planning on working on the knitting machine during the later part of the week during Spring Break. I am also going to look into resins and try hardening some of my samples. I was thinking that once hardened I could also make a transition into a softer knit. I'm excited at the possibilities.