I looked a bit, but other than Asym's ala hennesey I couldn't find anything on this and before I give it a go I thought I'd ask.
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What happens when you sew this shape into a 4'x9' gathered end channel hammock?
The small extensions are 6" to zero, and opposing as shown. The channel would simply be sewn and strung as normal. You would be committed to laying to one side, but that seems to be a very minor concern/non-issue.
The thought is that in the 4x9 small body hammock that this little extra would allow a little more room in the slight diagonal lay I have found comfy in these. I am thinking with the extra fabric added asymmetrically that the slack would bottom out the head and foot sides of the hammock a bit and give you a flatter lay for the least fabric. In theory, the extra fabric should end up where needed. An inverse of the knotty style technique used on bigger bodied hammocks where too much fabric is the issue. My thought is that this does more for you than a mini-spreader or sewn on footbox would- with the benefit of using less fabric and not having to add weight or stress to UL fabrics in the 1oz/yd range.
This could even be combined with the "slip in webbing" trick to help spread the gather a bit as well that I noted in the MSB thread.
So before I stich up something useless or previously attempted- any thoughts?
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