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Actions Displays	Down East Netting : A History and How-To of Netmaking Remove from selection Add to selection TitleDown East Netting : A History and How-To of Netmaking Author Barbara M. Morton (author)‎ Barbara M. Morton (illustrator)‎ Place of publicationCamden, ME PublisherDown East Year of publication1988 Paginationviii, 143 p. IllustrationsIllus., black and white photographs, black and white drawings and diagrams Dimensions21.5 x 27.7 cm Materialbook Class numberTT840.N48 .M6 1988 ISBN0-89272-231-2 Subjectnetting, handicraft, ropes Barbara Morton has gathered the patterns and photographs for Down East Netting to preserve the netting skills that have been rapidly disappearing even from Maine's coastal towns. In doing so, she provides fascinating details on how Maine's fishermen and their families earn their livelihoods harvesting scallops, lobsters and finfish. The book also includes complete instructions for other projects such as shopping bags, tennis nets, hammocks and placemats. As an added bonus, Down East Netting concludes with 32 facsimile pages from the 1887 edition of 'The Young Ladies' Journal' Complete Guide to the Work-Table, for a detailed introduction to an elegant version of netmaking.

TitleDown East Netting : A History and How-To of Netmaking

Author

Place of publicationCamden, ME

Year of publication1988

Paginationviii, 143 p.

IllustrationsIllus., black and white photographs, black and white drawings and diagrams

Dimensions21.5 x 27.7 cm

Materialbook

Class numberTT840.N48 .M6 1988

ISBN0-89272-231-2

Barbara Morton has gathered the patterns and photographs for Down East Netting to preserve the netting skills that have been rapidly disappearing even from Maine's coastal towns. In doing so, she provides fascinating details on how Maine's fishermen and their families earn their livelihoods harvesting scallops, lobsters and finfish. The book also includes complete instructions for other projects such as shopping bags, tennis nets, hammocks and placemats.

As an added bonus, Down East Netting concludes with 32 facsimile pages from the 1887 edition of 'The Young Ladies' Journal' Complete Guide to the Work-Table, for a detailed introduction to an elegant version of netmaking.