Well, I have made my first hammock and I am pleased with it. I purchased some rip stop material (non nylon) from the $1.00 bin at Walmart. I also purchased some 1" webbing from the same place. I first made a test hammoch per Risk's page with a knot on each end no hemming. I Liked it, but immediately wanted to do some changes. My wife has been wanting a sewing machine for awhile so I bought her one for an early mothers day gift. I Hemmed the long sides (while being accused of having alterior motives for my wifes gift) I added a ridge line and re hung using a sheet bend on each end instead of a bug knot.The ridge line really made a difference and I love it. Spent four hours in it tonight. It started to rain, which reminds me Oh yeah need a tarp. I plan on whipping the ends and I am working on a bug net for it. I have also taken a trip to another towns walmart and found some Ripstop nylon. I have already hemmed a double layer hammock with it and want to try and ad side tabs. I bought enough to try and make something similar to Jeff's gear hammock and pack cover. I think I am addicted. I am taking our Royal Ranger outpost on a survival training campout in a few weeks. Everyone can only bring what they can fit into a shoe box for the campout. I plan to have all the aspects of my hammock system finished and it will easily fit in a shoe box. I took some pictures, but I haven't figured out how to post them on here. If someone can give me some pointers I will post them. I just want to say thanks to everyone who has paved the way out there, I have been gaining lots of knowledge from reading all the posts
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