UQ's in line with Hamock?

**Singingcrowsings** · 09-10-2013, 17:35

Hello!

I was just wondering why UQs are made lengthwise if people are laying on the diagonal? Wouldn't it make sense to create a diagonal UQ instead? Maybe with a footbed and maybe a headbed?

Has anyone tried this? If so, did it work?

ETA: Yes I know how to spell "Hammock'.

**craige** · 09-10-2013, 17:47

When set up correctly the quilt will be squint, like you, effectively making the baffles diagonal.

Fyi wilderness logics summer series quilts are made with diagonal baffles.

**Shug** · 09-10-2013, 17:53

This kinda shows how to skew the UQ.......
Shug

**Singingcrowsings** · 09-10-2013, 18:14

Originally Posted by craige

When set up correctly the quilt will be squint, like you, effectively making the baffles diagonal.

Fyi wilderness logics summer series quilts are made with diagonal baffles.

How did you know I was squint? Ha ha!

Seriously, though, I guess in all the pictures I've seen not of them seem to do that. Maybe it's just the angle?

Originally Posted by Shug

This kinda shows how to skew the UQ.......
Shug

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I have no clue why I haven't seen this one before now. As always, great vid Shug. Thank you! It really showed things much more clearly than the pictures I've seen. And I have to say, getting thrown around made me laugh. Thanks!

**Yojimbo** · 09-10-2013, 20:14

My PLUQ is 60" long, while I am 69" long. So if the UQ is straight and I am on an angle, I fit corner to corner. I do run a short line from these corners of the UQ to the ridge line to keep it in place though.

**SimonMc** · 09-10-2013, 21:30

It is a good question and one i have thought about as well.

It might be an opportunity for you to design and make something unique. Let me know what you come up with

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**Singingcrowsings** · 09-11-2013, 07:34

Originally Posted by Mr Ploppy

It is a good question and one i have thought about as well.

It might be an opportunity for you to design and make something unique. Let me know what you come up with

.

Ha ha! I do have something in mind already actually. I was thinking it as I wrote my original post. Who knows? Maybe I'll suddenly better my thread injector karma and create it out of necessity (I don't have an UQ yet - obviously). At one moment I did think of using the ridge line for a quick release positioning hold line like Artjrk does:

Originally Posted by Artjrk

I do run a short line from these corners of the UQ to the ridge line to keep it in place though.

Originally Posted by Artjrk

My PLUQ is 60" long, while I am 69" long. So if the UQ is straight and I am on an angle, I fit corner to corner.

Again, something I didn't think about... the length of the diagonal!

**Nighthauk** · 09-11-2013, 07:39

My guess is for the universal nature. If you only make an uq with a left hand slant you can only use it for when lay with a left hand slant. I switch laying left or right depending on the hammock. I also lay straight when in a bridge hammock. So in that I would need 3 different quilts for the same temp range.

**Singingcrowsings** · 09-11-2013, 07:59

Originally Posted by Nighthauk

My guess is for the universal nature. If you only make an uq with a left hand slant you can only use it for when lay with a left hand slant. I switch laying left or right depending on the hammock. I also lay straight when in a bridge hammock. So in that I would need 3 different quilts for the same temp range.

2 if you made the diagonal reversible.

**SimonMc** · 09-11-2013, 08:05

Originally Posted by Singingcrowsings

Ha ha! I do have something in mind already actually. I was thinking it as I wrote my original post. Who knows? Maybe I'll suddenly better my thread injector karma and create it out of necessity (I don't have an UQ yet - obviously).

That sounds like a plan. I might give it a crack as well - it just seems to make sense, and I only lay left to right so only need 1.