My first DIY Hammock! Praise Me!

Hey everyone, yesterday I finished my first hammock, and I thought I'd share some pictures! I was gonna go through but construction process, but it's basically (no, exactly) a rectangle with seamed edges.

Anyway...http://cache.backpackinglight.com/ba...8800_53168.jpg

Here's my finished hammock, the fabric was purchased at a Joann Etc. (a fabric store), it's definitely ripstop, but I have a couple yards of 1.1oz from DIYGS and this stuff is a lot heavier and thicker than that. I figured I use the high quality stuff once I had figured out what I was doing.

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A picture of my seams at their straightest. My thread injector doesn't assist with this so there are some serious waves in my seams but I double stitched everything so hopefully it will hold.

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My hammock hanging. There are no good trees to hang on in the near vicinity of my house, so I'm hanging on the porch! The suspension is from my Amazonas Easy Traveller Hammock. The cord is unnecessarily thick, and I'll be trading it out for some serious suspension at a later date.

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And finally, ME!! Hey everyone!! Me in my handmade hammock! I don't have a weight yet as I don't have a scale yet but I'll be bringing it to work with me and I'll have the weight for ya'll when I get back. Now it's time to start working with my 1.1oz. Who's excited? I am!

Nice work!

Looks great! You've got a nice flat lay right there on your porch, awesome! Doesn't get much better than that. A true source of pride!

Nice work! Were your ends straight? If so, do you find you have floppy sides to your hammock?

Cool house by the way, it looks like you live in an historic district.

Praise on you for a great piece of DIY gear!! You should look up Knotty's DIY Side Stretch Hammock for a bit of a variation.

Great start. I made a hammock chair out of the same Joann's fabric. Just so you know...it's 1.9oz ripstop nylon.

If your DIYGS 1.1 is wider, use the full width for an even flatter lay.

And welcome to HF.

+1 on the praise me!

Well done sir!

Sweet! Nicely Done!

Looks very nice and comfy!!!!!!!

Nice! Now you can make yourself a bugnet for it!

Thanks for the praise everyone lol. It weighs exactly 16oz with the suspension I'm currently using.

@Gra_factor: The seams are straight and I've noticed a bit of floppiness, but I think I might just be able to tie the ends the other way to fix it. I was a little tight in the center, which was causing the ends to be loose. I think if I turn the knots in my suspension around it should be tighter at the ends and give more in the center (perhaps...)

EDIT: Figured out the problem when I hung it somewhere else. The suspension that I'm using doesn't have very good adjustability (i.e., you can wrap it around the column once, if it's too loose you can wrap it around again, but you're at the whim of the circumference of whatever you're hanging is) So the tautness I was experiencing in the center of the hammock body was just because my hang was too shallow. This can easily be fixed by a ridgeline or suspension with more varying adjustability so I can get a deeper hang in my hammock before laying in it (whoopie slings here I come!)

@Richtorfla: Yeah... this is dangerous. Now I'm going to start making all kinds of things with reckless abandon. Dark days of creation are at hand!

Good job mate!

Well done!