Well, I just finished a couple of sewing projects and have cleared the decks for my second DIY hammock.
My first DIY hammock is a 2 layer hammock that I put together maybe 2, maybe 3 years ago. It was going to be a quick and dirty way to find out if hammock camping was for me with an expenditure of about $25 for fabric. Then I was going to shell out for a commercial hammock. Well that never happened and I have done countless trips including maybe 3 or 4 week long backpacks with that one "proof of concept" hammock, A simple gathered end 2 layer hammock. I have lost interest in the commercial hammock idea.
But I want a second one (or more) for a variety of reasons. One is to have a second one to lure partners into trying. The other (more pertinent to the current post) is that I want to try to make the lightest possible single layer hammock. I am 160 pounds and 6'1''. I have several 4 yard pieces of 1.1 ounce nylon ripstop "laying around" that I could use. And some of the 1.2 polyD is in the mail heading my way right now. But I am reading that folks think that a single layer hammock with these light of fabrics is a bad idea. Is it??
Which should be the stronger fabric? The polyD 1.2 (from Dutch), or ripstop nylon 1.1 ? Am I crazy to try making a single layer hammock from fabrics this light?
What might be crazy is to take a hammock like this on a week backpack. Well it would be crazy on a maiden voyage, maybe once it has proven itself on some shorter trips (where I could carry my faithful 2 layer hammock as a backup). The name of the game is to see how much weight we can save and not have something unreliable.
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