I'm a newbie and am jumping in DIY right off the bat. I'm no stranger to a sewing maching, plus my wife went to fashion design school, so that's no issue. :-) Just a quick question on length and use of materials ...
I got 4 yards of ripstop from Joann's. I don't think I need a hammock that long, so I'm gonna cut some of it off, to use to make a blackbishop style stuff sack for storage. The question I have is how big a stuff sack should I need, to store a single layer hammock, suspension, and eventually the bugnet sock that I'm gonna make (I don't ever forsee camping in a place that I won't need bug protection, so it'll be DIY project number 2)? Should I cut the materials down to 11ft for the hammock body and 1 foot for the stuff sack, or should I go shorter on the hammock, and give myself more leftover material to play with stuff sacks, tubes, etc? Not that material is much of a concern, in the long run. It was cheap enough that I can go get more, so if someone says "no, a 12' hammock is perfect!" that won't throw much of a wrench in my plans either.
I'm 6'2" or so, around 205 lbs. So I figure at least a 10 foot hammock body, pre-whipping, is a good start, but I have the material to go longer.
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