Great tutorial! I tried using the ballpoint pen mehtod and it sucked, but once I tried the floral wire- things fell into place. The floral wire made everything 20X easier.
Great tutorial! I tried using the ballpoint pen mehtod and it sucked, but once I tried the floral wire- things fell into place. The floral wire made everything 20X easier.
-SlowBro
"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are."-Theodore Roosevelt
As requested, some photos of my variation.
extended a little
and very short.
Whoopie1.jpg
Whoopie2.jpg
There is the downside that you can't use a larks head to attach to the hammock, but I'm sure there are a few ways to attach without adding nearly as much length as you would save. I use a nacrabiner through the end channel of my hammock anyway, which can go through the eye loop so no added length there at all.
To me the bigger advantage is that you have (in theory) double the load bearing as you have double stranding the whole length of the sling.
Many thanks to Slow Bro for the original post and whomever made it a sticky for making it permanent. I just finished making my first set of whoopie slings. Have to wait until the weekend to test them as I am on midnights. Really looking forward to this.
I used the yarn darn needle and it was tough, but once I got the hang of getting it through it became MUCH quicker.
Ellis
It's just a whoopie with the constrictor section in a different spot (the conversation started on the last page at post #777.
Here's a picture of it short between a couple of nacrabiners.
Whoopie3.jpg
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