Another and Wider Edge from The Young Women's Book

Here is the second net edge from page 59 of The Young Woman's Book: a useful manual for everyday life by Mrs. Valentine.  Like the first edge (from last week) Another and Wider Edge was made by creating a strip of netting as long as needed. The remainder of the edge is net onto one side of the strip of netting. The strip is then sewed to whatever you wanted the netting to decorate.

Here is my diamond mesh version of the instructions.

You will need an odd number of loops along the side of the netting to have things work out properly. The number of rows you make in your strip determines the number of loops you will have when you are ready to put the final two rows along the side of the netting strip. 

To figure out how many rows you need to make, take the number of loops you want to have along the side when you begin netting there, multiply that number by 2, then add 1 to the result

          for this sample (9 x 2) + 1 = 19 rows

OR 

To figure out how many loops a certain number of rows will produce, take that odd number, subtract 1, then divide by 2

          for this sample (19-1) / 2 = 9 loops along the side

Row 1: using a #3 knitting needle or 1/8" mesh stick

Net 8 loops into the foundation loop.

Rows 2-19: using a #3 knitting needle or 1/8" mesh stick

Net 1 knot in each loop. Cut the thread at the end of the row.

Remove the foundation loop. Tie the thread from the netting shuttle to the loose end hanging from row 1. Run the foundation loop through the loops along  the other side of the netting just finished.

Along the side of the netting

Row 1: using a 3/8" mesh stick and working along one side of the netting

Net 3 knot in the first loop, *skip the next loop, net 3 knots in the following loop*; repeat from * to *.

Row 2: using a #3 knitting needle or 1/8" mesh stick

Turn the netting and work back across the loops just created. Net 1 knot in each loop.

If you don't want to net along the side of the strip, here is a top-down version.

The following instructions create a sample about the same size as the one above. These instructions go from the top of the netting to bottom of the netting.

Row 1: using a #3 knitting needle or 1/8" mesh stick

Net 9 loops into the foundation loop.

Rows 2-17: using a #3 knitting needle or 1/8" mesh stick

Net 1 knot in each loop.

Row 18: using a 3/8" mesh stick 

Net 3 knot in the first loop, *skip the next loop, net 3 knots in the following loop*; repeat from * to *.

Row 19: Using a #8 knitting needle or 1/4" mesh stick

Net 1 knot in each loop.