I tried making a hammock from scratch one time. I diverted the project to a small clothing hammock for my boat. I'd starve trying to sell hand tied nets, it is so slow. I'd also go blind. But it can be done, using a little board for a gauge, its width twice the width of one side of the square mesh, and sanded very smooth. There are Youtube videos on how to do it.

Hand tied nets tend to be family heirlooms, but today, everybody fishes with mono nets made from webbing. The older nets were Sea Island cotton, and had to be dipped in preservative, and had to be carefully dried after each use. The Memphis net and twine catalog describes nets made clear back in biblical times. Most of the New Testament nets were trammel nets, but they used cast nets too back then.

The sport fishermen look down their noses at nets, but it is a fast way to put fish on the table.

Have a good one, Tom