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A Hand Braided Net Hammock.

Net Making

A Hybrid of the Mayan style Hammock.
Prototype #1


This Hammock has been designed to work in the same way a woven Mayan hammock, the shape and size of this netted hybrid are almost identical to the woven Mayan hammock I sleep in.
As the netted structure is much more open than that of a woven Mayan hammock I have had to tweak the design a little to make it work in a similar way.

Below I have included a picture of my woven Mayan hammock as a comparison.

I have made a second version of the netted hybrid which is twice as wide in the body to give more support  by making a denser netted fabric.
Pictures of this one are to follow.

More Net making

A Hoop Net

A Cast Net

Below is the Woven Mayan hammock that I sleep in, this is designed to hold up to 5 people, and is so comfortable that I took a electric saw to my bed a couple of years ago, best thing I ever did ;-)

Above is my hybrid netted Mayan hammock.

I have Susan Patron of the IGKT PAB, and Lincoln a character from Susan's latest book "Lucky Breaks" to thank for giving me the push I needed to make this idea a reality.
In the book Lincoln makes a hammock which plays a very important role in the story, and I was privileged to have been asked to help with information regarding the making of the net hammock for the book.

Whilst reading a preview copy of "Lucky Breaks" I felt the need to make this hammock; "Lincoln's Hammock" as I call it, once finished I sent it as a surprise present to Susan and made her cry (again) ;-)

To Order your very own  signed Copy of "Lucky Breaks" or Susan's first instalment in this series "The Higher power of Lucky" Please follow this link for  more information.
http://www.susanpatron.com/mybooks.html

Relaxing across the hammock with a copy of "Lucky Breaks".

Giving "Lucky Breaks" and Susan Patron the thumbs up.