The Young Housekeeper as Daughter, Wife, and Mother: Forming a Perfect “Young Woman's Companion"

Compiled by the Ed. of “The Family Friend,” The Young Housekeeper as Daughter, Wife, and Mother: Forming a Perfect “Young Woman's Companion" contains information on a wide variety of topics.  It was published in 1869 and has an illustration for almost every netting stitch it mentions.

1. Preparation for Netting (page 182)
2. Plain Netting - with illustration (page 182)
3. Square Netting - with illustration (page 182)
4. Oblong Netting - with illustration (page 182)
5. To Make a Piece of Netting of Six, Eight, or Ten Sides, Working from the Centre (page 183)
6. Round Netting - with illustration (page 183)
7. Honeycomb Netting - with illustration (page 183)
8. Long Twisted Stitch - with illustration (page 183)
9. Grecian Netting - with illustration (page 183)
10. Ground Net - with illustration (page 183)
11. Spotted Netting - with illustration (page 184)
12. Diamond Netting  - with illustration (page 184)
13. Large Diamond Netting - with illustration (page 184)
14. Spotted Diamond Netting - with illustration (page 184)
15. Leaf Netting  - with illustration (page 184)
16. Double Stitch (page 184)
17. Long Stitch (page 184)
18. To Work with Beads (page 184)
19. Mesh (page 184)
20. Embroidery on Netting (page 184)
21. Instructions in Netting - with illustrations (page 235)
22. Diamond Netting (page 236)
23. Round Netting (page 236)
24. Square Netting (page 237)
25. Grecian Netting (page 237)
26. Honeycomb Netting (page 237)
27. Herringbone Netting - with illustration (page 237)

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I have made a variety of net bags over the years, including several that were sized to hold a water bottle.  I think my favorite is made from the bottom up, using circular netting.  Because it is made from the bottom up, the bag can be adjusted to be just the right height for the water bottle being used.  Since the handles are net last, they can be made into whatever length is best.

I recently made one again, not because I needed it, but because the last time I made it, I forgot to record how much string I used.

Now I know that it takes 31 yards of size 4 cotton crochet thread to make this bag according to the instructions.