HAMMOCK DONE!

A photo of my hammock complete.

Extra strength.

I used the tent poles to give extra strength and threaded them into the blue tubing.

Riveting!

To secure the webbing together I used a box stitch around the edges and then revivited the squares inside.

Dying the webbing.

This was a very difficult job because the webbing was pure white and it took a lot of experimenting and time to get it a colour that suited the colour scheme my hammock was. Many times I would take it out of the dye and wash it and find that it would go a light pink even though it was a lovely plum colour in the dye bucket.

Organising the panels.

The base of the the decorative part of the hammock is coming together nicely.

Detailed panels.

I created all the smock and attached them to a triangle panel. I then sewed anotner triangle panel on top. This is half of the process.

Final design.

The results I got from the tie dye, I love it!

Time to dunk!

Allowed it to only soak for around two minutes whilst the bucket of dye was at boiling temperature.

Tie dye.

Sorry about the belated posts my Internet has been down! So I've tie dyed the base of my hammock but wrapping it up in a load of elastic bands. It was extremely tricky!

Knots.

I forgot to post pictures of the willow weaving workshop which was fantastic. The most usual thing he showed us was the different kind of knots there was ans how we could think about incorporating them into our hammock to give it strength.

Smock details.

Smocked and dyed tent fabric all ready to incorporate into my hammock!

Commence the making!

I have began making the details for the hammock. These little triangles are made up from the smock machine ans dyed purple. I have ripped up some tent to stuff them with to create little padded cushions.

Framework.

This is my framework of my hammock. I have used tent poles as the base and I am going to find a way that allows me to bond it together to make it stronger. Maybe with guy ropes and zips. With paper I have created a lattice and began hanging from the base to see exactly how many I will need and the spacing inbetween. I have hung it from the ceiling so I can work out how much give I need to add to the groundsheet strips.

Templates.

So I have began creating a refined template of the exact measurements and details of where I want to place everything. This has helped me alot because now I have something to work from and a goal.