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    New Member Bruceky's Avatar
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    First hammock. How did I do?

    Did a few adjustments to ridgeline length and where I hung the hammock. I follow the gathered end hammock instructions by knotty.
    The tarp is 116" and the ridgeline is 96"





    I have one problem, pardon my ignorance of knots.
    I jumped into this project without doing a lot of homework, I was just too dang excited!

    the simple knot I used after whipping pulles loose after I lay in the hammock. It doesn't slip off because of my ridge line but what knot should I use to keep this from happening? Hopefully you can see what I mean in this pic----

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    Senior Member MDSH's Avatar
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    Looks like you want a whipped end: http://www.tothewoods.net/HomemadeHammock2.html

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    Senior Member Fixxr5's Avatar
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    Whipping

    Check here. It helped me immensely!
    https://www.hammockforums.net/forum/...ad.php?t=69423
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    New Member Bruceky's Avatar
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    Thanks guys! Time to go try it.

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    Senior Member Michelle the Camper's Avatar
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    I didn't look at that link, but I larks head my suspension onto the gathered end, the more it pulls, the stronger it is attached

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    New Member Bruceky's Avatar
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    I'll try the larks head on the second one. I will most likely try a few different things until I find what works for me.
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