Thanks to Griz's wonderful tutorials I had to make a bridge hammock. I already had the material to make a desert camo version. I had been working on it and was so close to finishing before going to a scout Council Emcampment last weekend that I had to take my thread injector to the camp and complete it. We were at our summer camp so I had electricity. I finished it Saturday afternoon and slept in it that night. My under quilt hugged it much better and kept me warmer than my Warbonnet Blackbird (though I do love my Blackbird and will not give it up).
I plan on making another with the same width at both ends because I feel like I want a little more room at the foot.
I made the triangle suspension like Griz shows but didn't want to use a ring. So I made an eye splice in the end of my whoopie and hooked it to the triangle apex with a larks head but did not flip the cord over so it looks like a square knot.
Yesterday I saw Dutch's Speed Hook and knew I had to have some. If I hooked it (or a Whoopie Hook for that matter) to the triangle it could slip along the triangle suspension. So I came up with the idea of putting a locked brummel loop at the apex of the triangle. I haven't tested it but it looks like it will do fine and with the Speed Hook and single Amsteel line will reduce the suspension weight considerably.
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