The dark side...

[Peter_pan]

Same here Ahhh, for the days of 10 lb. tents, exploding pump-and-prime stoves, and hitting on girl scouts....

Of course back then, hanging a hammock meant figuring out a way to suspend the annoying kid's tent over a creek in the middle of the night....with him still in it

Yeah...The good ol' days....some memories really make me laff....

Pan

[neo]

**Best Yoda voice**

DIY?? DIY is the path to the Dark Side!

No money leads to stuff sacks...

Stuff sacks lead to snakeskins...

Snakskins lead to suspensions...

Suspensions lead to homemade hammocks...

Homemade hammocks lead to quilts...

Quilts lead to warm hammocks...

Warm hammocks lead to tarps...

Tarps lead to CAT tarps...

Cat tarps lead to...

...

...

Once you get a sewing machine in your house, forever will it dominate your destiny!

i aint never sleepin on the ground again neo

[Ewker]

If anyone lives close to an Aldi's Grocery store they have a new sewing machine (Crofton brand) for sale at $ 69.99 each. Features include: 20 stitches including blind hem and overedge, adj stitch width up to 5mm, stitch length up to 4mm, 800 stitches per minute, push button reverse, free arm design, built in light, presser foot pressure adj and complete accy package includin dust cover. It has a 2 yr warranty

[Hooch]

**Best Yoda voice**

DIY?? DIY is the path to the Dark Side!

No money leads to stuff sacks...

Stuff sacks lead to snakeskins...

Snakskins lead to suspensions...

Suspensions lead to homemade hammocks...

Homemade hammocks lead to quilts...

Quilts lead to warm hammocks...

Warm hammocks lead to tarps...

Tarps lead to CAT tarps...

Cat tarps lead to...

...

...

Once you get a sewing machine in your house, forever will it dominate your destiny!

BB was right. It's true!

[slowhike]

**Best Yoda voice**

DIY?? DIY is the path to the Dark Side!

No money leads to stuff sacks...

Stuff sacks lead to snakeskins...

Snakskins lead to suspensions...

Suspensions lead to homemade hammocks...

Homemade hammocks lead to quilts...

Quilts lead to warm hammocks...

Warm hammocks lead to tarps...

Tarps lead to CAT tarps...

Cat tarps lead to...

...

...

Once you get a sewing machine in your house, forever will it dominate your destiny!

ahhh, but grasshopper... i'm afraid you are mistaken. DIY is the path way into the light... not the darkness.
remember when you tried to sew a hammock from rice paper in the dark. we had to cover the needle holes in your fingers with healing herbs.

[rptinker]

I have a sewing machine that my wife never uses. I bought it for her a year ago. The real reason I bought it for her was so I could use it. Don;t tell her I said that. I have never had any luck with it though. Every time I try to sew something the stitches are always to looks or it is to tight and pulls the fabric together. I need someone to teach me how to us it.

Ray-Way products http://www.ray-way.com/essays/sewing-tips/index.shtml will teach you. Start with something simple like a stuffsack. After a month you will find yourself making a blackcat. Uh, make something nice for the big momma so that she can let you use the sewing machine forever

[rptinker]

ahhh, but grasshopper... i'm afraid you are mistaken. DIY is the path way into the light... not the darkness.
remember when you tried to sew a hammock from rice paper in the dark. we had to cover the needle holes in your fingers with healing herbs.

"The path to salvation begins with one stitch" (the DIY hammockers motto??)