De nettenboeter - Zoutkamp - NL
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Andre 61
N 53° 20.239 E 006° 17.932
32U E 320161 N 5913197
Bronzenbeeld van een nettenboeter
Waymark Code: WM17509
Location: Groningen, Netherlands
Date Posted: 12/13/2022
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Outspoken1
Views: 6

Hier op de Schoolstraat ziet u een beeld van een nettenboeter een oud ambacht

Netten werden gebreid met breigereedschap, zoals breipennen. Het belangrijkste verschil tussen nettenbreien en ‘gewoon’ breien was dat er in netten geen rek zit. De knoop werd echt gefixeerd, zodat vissen niet konden ontsnappen. Nettenbreien kon verdeeld worden in rondbreien voor fuiken en vlakbreien voor rechte netten. Het repareren van netten wordt ‘boeten’ genoemd.
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Here on School Street you can see a picture of a net finder an old craft

Nets were knitted with knitting tools, such as knitting pins. The main difference between net knitting and 'regular' knitting was that nets did not have any stretch in them. The knot was really fixed so that fish could not escape. Netting knitting could be divided into circular knitting for fish traps and flat knitting for straight nets. Repairing nets is called 'fining'.

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Sector of the workforce: Nettenboeter

Created or Donated by which group: Gosse Dam 1990

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