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The woods around Seattle (anywhere west of the cascades, really) have caused me to always pack at least an an extra whoopie sling in my tarp bag.. I recently needed to use 2 slings for a campout near...

I'm in the opposite end of the spectrum. I have 4 quilts, but have yet to find a pattern for making them. Oddly, it's not on the DIY stickies. I remembered my log in, but now need to search. If...

Costco has options most of the time for a down pillow. The type of fill is typically on the label with them as well.

Hm... a thought. Using a mesh bishop bag would allow it to dry similar to a snake skin. Less surface area is exposed, so it would be less effective, but it would still vent out water.

I think I...

Digging the look of this quilt. How has all the pleating in the sides where the shock cord affected the fabric gathering on the top and bottom ends of the quilt?

Looks cleanly built. What patterns did you use?

Just tried to restuff the bag, and busted it wide open. 1.1 ripstop is a little too weak I suppose.

I have my bag done, its about 1.5L and has a 1L internal bag for my bugnet. I think that I have room to put some smaller (normal people) straps. The bugnet compresses pretty well, but seems it...

That is pretty much why I asked the question in the first place! I like your concept. As soon as I make my quilts, I might do the same.

I have the kind that you sew yourself when you have scraps laying around and think "aw, what the hell." It will work, but I can tell I'll need a side pocket or something.

I didn't look at the...

I will agree heavily that you doing the planning portion for food and everything else will make it easier to get her to go along. Make it clear from the outset. My wife likes camping, but really...

What do you do with your tree straps when using a Black Bishop Bag? I made a setup, but didn't really include room inside the bag for the tree straps since I dont have my ideal straps yet. It seems...

1 month later, I have material bought, and have made and tested 1 top quilt. Have found lots of things I wish I knew earlier. I expect I will learn from each one, and finally be able to produce a...

I'm currently working projects with primaloft 1. Its not super easy to work with, but not terrible either. I'm also pretty sure that you would find that 2 of the 3 oz layer Primaloft 1, with offset...

I'm curious why people dont use buttons to get the underquilt to attach to the hammock. If both the quilt and hammock are made to the same width, it seems like this would work well. You can still...

Wow, and results already. 27" was exactly as big as my kids feet were, a little space between his ankles. No room for growth.

This was on an average 8 year old boy, shoe size 1.

Tried 30" and...

36/48 = 75% so the tapering is 36*.75 = 27 inches. Half that for a foot box is only 13.5 inches for a footbox assuming no loss from height and such. Seems a little small, even for tiny feet. I'm...

If you want to hold off until after this weekend, I should have some information for you. Working on making Primaloft quilts, and will post results. Have all the materials, just getting my final...

Had not considered a button-in option. Considering I dont want a bunch of seasonal kid quilts floating around, that might work well. Just store it as one unit, take what i need.

Could probably...

I have not taken the kids camping yet in temps below the 40's, and they have been in tents for that. I am expecting to do higher mountain hikes where it might get to the 30's by this fall I think. ...

Underquilt for Kid Hammock using Primaloft One:

Hammocks built to 75" x 42" before Whipping and Hemming. Make from 1.9oz RipStop for extra durability... because they are boys. I might try 1.1oz...

That is about as short of a process as it gets.

I am currently using 550 paracord. 50' is about 3.6oz. Biggest problem I have is that it is much more stretchy that I want to use. It is very hard to get a very tight pitch using paracord. ...

How "safe" you might be is going to be affected by factors that are not brought to light in that article. Do you have a tarp? Its a huge difference. A tarp has more room between you and the bear...

So... tie it off? Ouch!

I've been considering making my own version of a bug sock. I think in general your method seems much better thought out. I will likely attempt something closer to your design. Thanks so much for...

Some looks like interwoven blue-tarp style stuff. This seems to be what people refer to when they complain about tyvek.

The Stuff that works is like the envelopes that you can get at the post...

Thanks, will pick up some polyester. Have PolyPro and Nylon already, I suppose I can put it to other uses.

I have a DIY Speer-style hammock, followed Just Jeff's guide. It has a 108" length.

To make a whoopie-line suspension here is what I came up with using 7/64" Amsteel. I did 83% of the 108", came...

I bought some PolyPro webbing at a boating store. It's stretching far too much. I had some climbing webbing from REI that didnt stretch, but was too heavy to sew. Anyone have an option that would...

Costco has a bunch of these sleeping bags in (just not on the website) for $28.

http://www.cabelas.com/sleeping-bags-sleepcell-premium-coolvent-sleeping-bag-1.shtml
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Okay, starting my first DIY project. I've been lurking for a couple weeks now, and running searches on everything I can think of to understand this. Basically, I've not tried hammock sleeping and...

I realize that this is a necro-bump thread, but for anyone doing a search, I'll post this info anyway.

There are 10 essentials for most hiking/backpacking. Buy them first:

1. Knife (buy one...