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Thank you for all your investigations and reporting!

Conventional wisdom says to set the ridgeline length at 83% of the hammock length.

Intesting observations. I wholeheartedly agree with you that the extra long hammock is muting whatever effects the end cut is imparting to the lay.

I'm not sure how easy it would be to shorten...

Just got back into town after a get-a-way weekend with my wife. Material is ordered. One more decision to make:
I normally make my hammocks 54" wide. I've tried a bunch of different widths, all the...

I'm planning on sewing a channel on each layer, along the entire end. I will then gather them together, Warbonnet style, with a single loop of cord at each end. That should firmly secure the two...

Don't just subscribe, Two Tents, start sewing! ;)
I'm thinking I will cut 24" off the end, 30" scares me too much. If a number of people try different amounts of cut, perhaps we can arrive at...

That's the ticket right there! Thanks! :thumbup:

Yes, that's it. Great illustration!
I will make them completely separate and just whip them together at the ends. If I don't like them together, I will end up with two hammocks. (Can't have too many...

This is what I'm thinking :thumbup:
Are you sure that Scott at DIYGearSupply didn't come up with this idea, just to sell us all more fabric? :lol:

OK, just to completely mess up my mind, I am thinking of doing this parallelogram hammock on a DOUBLE layer hammock, BUT, cut the angles in the OPPOSITE direction for each layer!!
What prompted this...

Thanks for the feedback Cst. I am amazed, no, confounded by the fact that it felt the same on either diagonal!
Using e_2's diagram above, it is clear that the fabric length on the long diagonal is...

You guys are going to make me get out my sewing machine! :angry:

I've been wondering about the UQ too.