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    My goal was to duplicate the lay of a Warbonnet hammock, so all I do is gather the material up using a small cord in the end channel. It just bunches up evenly as you pull. End result is a very comfortable lay but the sides are a little floppy. Sometimes I add a footbox triangle to one side to keep my quilts from falling out. The footbox triangle shortens the side of the hammock but does not affect the lay.
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    If you give the ends a convex cut before sewing channel could the floppy sides be solved? Or just pull more side material through the whipping?
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    Quote Originally Posted by pndwind View Post
    If you give the ends a convex cut before sewing channel could the floppy sides be solved? Or just pull more side material through the whipping?
    Yes, the convex cut should work, just haven't tried it yet. I was trying to avoid the "bathtub" effect.

    No "whipping" with this approach, so you can't just pull more side material thru.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Knotty View Post
    Yes, the convex cut should work, just haven't tried it yet. I was trying to avoid the "bathtub" effect.

    No "whipping" with this approach, so you can't just pull more side material thru.
    i'm not sure i understand this....anyone got any photo's or can explain it further?

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    Quote Originally Posted by bloomgorge View Post
    i'm not sure i understand this....anyone got any photo's or can explain it further?
    Just watch the video in post #1 of this thread.
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    Whellp... looks like my first outing. A sort of "Barbie Hammock," went fairly well. 62" sqaure of WM ripstop, and it's far too small for my son. Long after I had fashioned this ill-conceived dwarf, I noted the 2~3 feet on each end rule. Who cares, I had fun, and this will be a fun addition to his room for reading Seuss and stuff. So I figure a 9-footer will last him a couple years until he passes it down to his sister. Thanks for the (long, fragmented) tutorial. I was able to get my feet wet and whet my appetite for more hammockry.


    Correction: 62" by 31". I just folded it in half--FAR too small, but it was a beginning.
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    The other day I was lounging around in my DIY made with these instructions. The angle of the sun was such that if I layed feet-right, head-left, I was being shaded. So I rotated counter clockwise to a feet-left, head-right position to gather up some sun and warmth. To my surprise, the lay seemed much different. In fact, more comfortable.

    After switching back and forth several times, I was convinced there was a different lay.

    Got out of the hammock and flipped it over. Got in and realized now that the feet-right, head-left position was now more comfortable.

    Now, am I crazy? Am I somehow convincing myself there is a difference? I guess I need to deconstruct the gathered ends now to see the orientation of the ends.
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    Just finished making this. Amazing instructional and hammock! Thanks and if you have anymore DIYs let me know!

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    Quote Originally Posted by cosmicmiami View Post
    The other day I was lounging around in my DIY made with these instructions. The angle of the sun was such that if I layed feet-right, head-left, I was being shaded. So I rotated counter clockwise to a feet-left, head-right position to gather up some sun and warmth. To my surprise, the lay seemed much different. In fact, more comfortable.

    After switching back and forth several times, I was convinced there was a different lay.

    Got out of the hammock and flipped it over. Got in and realized now that the feet-right, head-left position was now more comfortable.

    Now, am I crazy? Am I somehow convincing myself there is a difference? I guess I need to deconstruct the gathered ends now to see the orientation of the ends.
    When I first started using my DIY gathered end laying on one diagonal vs. the other felt very different. Over time I realized it was just that one lay was more familiar than the other. I now use head right/feet left most of the time. Maybe that's what's happening with you?

    Quote Originally Posted by dbs1crew View Post
    Just finished making this. Amazing instructional and hammock! Thanks and if you have anymore DIYs let me know!
    Thanks. At the moment this is my only DIY. Have fun with your new hammock.
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    wow man how have i never seen this thread!!!

    now, where to find 4 yards of black 1.5 ripstop...

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