adventures in netting

I'm making this purse (upper right corner of the book) from "Simple Knits with a Twist" for a bride-to-be:



Pretty cute.

This involves cutting netting into 1-inch wide strips and knitting it up. It's kind of fun. Here's what I have so far:



As you can see, I've given up on trying to wind the netting into anything resembling a ball. It just catches on itself and tangles.