MY GF's new IOWA Hawkeye Hammock/Tarp

[HCH]

I made this for my GF. She is a huge Hawkeye Fan, so I made her this for camping. I used DIY Whoopie slings out of 1/8" amsteel Blue, for the suspension and ridge line. I then used parachute cord, removed the inner lines, and made whoopie slings for her tarp tie downs. I ran out of parachute cord, so for todays pics I used a couple of ropes. The tarp is 8X10 and the hammock is double 1.9 ripstop for the 2 color setup she wanted, so it is a little heavier then my DIY ultra light setup for my bow hunting trips. I used Hawkeye grosgrain webbing I found at wallyworld for her hammock. I am waiting on some more 1/8" amsteel blue to arrive for my DIY hammock, that I also just completed, and I will post pics of it in a few days. I still have to complete a tarp for mine. This is a blast. I had never ran a sewing machine until a few weeks ago. Literally hours of reading on this site, taught me how to do it all. Thanks guys and gals!!

[Pitch]

I really dig the color scheme. What are the dimensions? (Width, length, ridge line are the three that I'm most curious about)

Thanks for sharing!

-Xex

[HCH]

I really dig the color scheme. What are the dimensions? (Width, length, ridge line are the three that I'm most curious about)

Thanks for sharing!

-Xex

Thanks! hammock is 108"X63", tree huggers are 6' each, carabiner on each hugger to whoopie end, whoopies to trees are 7' each, and if I remember right, the suspension whoopie is 8.'

[Scratch]

A work of art and
a labor of love!

[HCH]

Thanks, and yes, you don't go through all of this work for someone you don't love.

[MedicineMan]

AWESOME color scheme!
What are the symbols on the ridgeline? My old eyes can't quite make them out..something with buckeyes?

[Just Jeff]

Awesome project...she'll definitely be able to find her camp with that color scheme!

Hey - does Hawkeye know she's a fan?

[HCH]

Thanks mm, it is the iowa hawkeyes logo

[HCH]

Thanks JJ, yea, I believe Ray Charles could find camp

[slowhike]

Hey - does Hawkeye know she's a fan?

I PMed our HF HawkEye & told him he had another fan... of course he was disappointment to see it wasn't him (or his videos)