Analysis, Discussion and Tips for Success

General Discussion

Weaving is one of the least attractive parts of the Crafting skill -- this is mainly because there are few useful items you can weave, and Jagex has made most of those available cheaply in stores, so there's really not much point in making them anyway. Seaweed nets are a new addition to the Crafting skill; they let players gather seaweed more efficiently. Like other weaving activities, making seaweed nets isn't terribly attractive in terms of either cost or XP potential; it's better than making sacks or baskets, but that's somewhat damning with faint praise. :)

Seaweed nets are made in two steps: first, you weave five flax into an unfinished net; then, you add a bronze wire to complete the net. You only get the XP when the wire is added, and the unfinished net is untradeable, so you must do the entire process yourself.

Location and Access

The only loom that is reasonably easy to access is the one in the farmhouse just south of the city of Falador. The best way to get there is to use the Explorer's ring 3, a reward for completing the Lumbridge Achievement Diary. Using the "Cabbageport" ability of the ring, teleport to the cabbage field right next to the farmhouse. Then go south out of the gate, west and into the farmhouse, then through the door south to the loom. If you widen your RuneScape window, you can save time by clicking directly in the farmhouse -- or even on the loom -- as you are landing from your teleport.

Since the medium tasks of the Lumbridge Achivement Diary require skills up to level 40, I assume anyone with level 52 Crafting has the ring.

Required and Recommended Equipment

Explorer's ring 3 as mentioned above, if you can use it. I also recommend a goodly number of amulets of glory for teleporting back to the bank.

Required and Recommended Supplies

You need five flax for each seaweed net you weave, and then one bronze wire to add to it. Bronze wires can be purchased, but it can sometimes take a while to get them on the Grand Exchange.

Familiar Suggestions

Weaving is one area of Crafting where a beast of burden is very useful, because you use multiple raw materials for each item made. As always, I recommend avoiding the war tortoise because its high cost isn't really justified by the small incremental benefit it provides over the spirit terrorbird.

Technique and Tips

First, if using a beast of burden, set its left-click option to "Take BoB".

At the bank, withdraw an inventory of flax and put some in your familiar (if using a pack yak, only store 28). Then fill your inventory again, and either teleport to the cabbage field and run to the loom from there, or run straight from Draynor. Click the loom, then right-click the sack and choose "Make 10", but if using a pack yak, use the "Make X" option and choose a number 11 or greater. As the items are being made, you can click the Summoning interface button to take more raw materials from the beast of burden, and your character will continue working seamlessly. If using a pack yak, do this twice.

Once all the sacks are done, teleport to the bank and repeat the process, remembering to swap out exhausted amulets as needed.

When you have a number of unfinished nets made, take out 14 of them and 14 bronze wires. Use one partially completed net on one wire (or vice versa), select "Make All" and then bank the finished nets.