I just made my 1st set of Whoopie Slings... Kinda scarry when I hung it from a limb & put a foot in the loop to test its holding ability. All I can say is WOW... I'm impressed, solid as a rock no creep, slip or stretch. Amsteel Blue is fun to play with.
Now I need some 10" loops & a ridgeline.
This forum is great!
Welcome to the addiction! If you haven't seen this yet it really helps for figuring out dimensions of whoopies.
Nice!! I never knew I had such a bad jones for diamond braided lines until I joined HF. Have Fun!!
Testify! Making whoopie slings is some serious geek-fu. When I ran out of amsteel, I started finding excuses to splice braided mason's line, and even started making paracord soft shackles. Can't... Stop... Splicing
Congratulations on your success! Those babies will last you for years (though I imagine you'll wind up finding an excuse to make more ("Happy 'National Speak Like a Pirate Day', Grandma! I made you a set of whoopie slings."))
Rock on!
You're gonna need a bigger hammock
The thing is, I just got the hammock all set up with the strap & decending rings & now have the amsteel ridgeline & really like the simplicity & quickness of the setup & take down. So I don't know when I will try them on a hammock.
Slicing is easy & fun, I like it
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