OK, ta " and we were good to go. Most of the time was getting the hems sorted on the long edges. The actual stitching was thirty minutes tops. Also arrived on Saturday was a set of tree straps from Hengehammocks - a bit on the quick side as the estimated delivery was for this coming Friday!
There's a sewn channel at either end and I lark's footed an amsteel Evo loop into each of these (an Evo loop is like a continuous loop but with a button knot at one end). I'd also made a couple of amsteel soft shackles to use instead of carabiners at the tree end of the straps. The connection between straps and hammock is via a continuous loop fixed to the strap via a Lark's Foot and Beckett Hitch and which then pushes through the evo loop and back round the knot. I did take a shot but it was blurred.
The hammock isn't particularly light at 400g but it's a first go and it's unlikely to be toted around. The tree straps are 30g each and the five metres of amsteel comes to a whopping 10g. We were going to make a stuff bag for it but looking around I came across one that I've no idea what it came off so appropriated that, cut a hole in the bottom to be able to poke the suspension through then taped the edges - you can see that at the RH side of the hammock in the shot below.
Much comfier for me than the 2.7m Exped hammock. The only problem is that my Alpkit Rig7 tarp is too short in A-frame configuration so when it stops blowing a hoolie I'll spend some time checking out asym or diamond setups.
Total cost of material: £18.30 plus £9 for the straps and £5 for the amsteel.
We did have both set up on Saturday night whilst drinking beer
