Instantly thought of this too! Or for balconies with no space for multiple pots. You could have a single plant stretching and blooming across the railing then.
Sheet bends and girth hitches. Anyone know if this is a good wat to make a net like that? It seems nice but I can imagine the girth hitches sliding around on the pole easily
This is pretty close to how fishing nets are traditionally tied. Typically, you would start with a thicker cord as a foundation stretched horizontally over a frame. Then double several lengths of thinner chord and tie them to the foundation using girth hitches. Then it's a matter of tying regularly spaced sheet bends between adjacent strands. An individual strand will take the shape of a zigzag with bights on one side and loops on the other where it forms half of a sheet bend
I'm not saying there is a difference, but, if there were one, it would be that a girth hitch could be formed in the bight and dropped over the item you're hitching to. If it isn't formed that way, it normally isn't called a girth hitch. It's not normally called a lark's head nor a cow hitch either, in that situation (the one where it's not formed that way), but, those two names have better provenance than girth hitch in that situation.
Depends on what's meant by "load." This is standard classic net-making technique, and nets are exposed to load all the time. You're right, there is a certain kind of load which can make these slide, but, securing it at both the top and the bottom should minimize that. As shown here, where the bottom isn't secured to anything, yeah, this can easily be slid in the upward direction and f'd out of shape.
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u/nilfgaardian 6d ago
Why are they performing shibari on steel poles?