Two DIY gathered end hammocks

[roogles]

I recently put together two simple gathered end hammocks for both of my girls.

My son has a GT UL, with whoopies from whoopieslings.com that he loves to lounge in in the back yard.

For both of these DIY hammocks, I let the girls pick out whatever color they wanted of 1.9 ripstop nylon at JoAnne's, and then ordered them matching whoopie slings from whoopieslings.com.

I didn't take any production photos, but I started with 3 yards of 59" wide fabric for each, hemmed all four edges and then sewed a channel in the ends.

I sewed stuff sacks from Wal-Mart right to the edges of the hammocks, so they could pack them up easily. Yes, the stuff sacks clash a little, but I let them pick their own colors there too...

I whipped the ends using paracord and then attached whoopies. I got both girls a set of Kammok Python Straps and some carabiners for hooking them up to the tree straps.

Here are photos of the finished products, including occupants.

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Photo Apr 05, 10 31 10 AM.jpg

Photo Apr 05, 11 59 11 AM.jpg

Photo Apr 05, 11 59 20 AM.jpg

[gmcttr]

Very nice...lucky girls.

[dingbat]

Nice!

Orange and blue are complimentary colors. Kid's got a good eye.

From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complementary_colors :

In art
In 1872, Claude Monet painted Impression, Sunrise, a tiny orange sun and some orange light reflected on the clouds and water in the centre of a hazy blue landscape. This painting, with its striking use of the complementary colors orange and blue, gave its name to the impressionist movement. Monet was familiar with the science of complementary colors, and used them with enthusiasm. He wrote in 1888, "color makes its impact from contrasts rather than from its inherent qualities....the primary colors seem more brilliant when they are in contrast with their complementary colors."[16]

Orange and blue became an important combination for all the impressionist painters. They all had studied the recent books on color theory, and they know that orange placed next to blue made both colors much brighter. Auguste Renoir painted boats with stripes of chrome orange paint straight from the tube. Paul Cézanne used orange made of touches of yellow, red and ochre against a blue background.

[roogles]

Nice!

Orange and blue are complimentary colors. Kid's got a good eye.

From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complementary_colors :

She's got a much better eye than her dad!