Sometimes a netting stirrup was used through which passed the worker’s foot.
See also the TRC Needles entries on netting needle and netting shuttle.
Source: DILLMONT, Thérèse de (n.d.). Encyclopedia of Needlework, p. 486, fig. 638.
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Netting Cushion
A netting cushion is a nineteenth century tool used for making netting. It is basically a heavy cushion to which the foundation loop of a net (netting) is pinned.
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Knotting, looping and netting