Took it out for a night, and I must say it's most excellent. It started to rain when I went to sleep, and popping out the earplugs in the morning, I found it's raining again. So a good rain test of this kind of 'high roof' setup done and passed. I would typically drape the tarp really low and all around the hammock, so it was really refreshing to have a 360° view of the surroundings.
It's very lightweight mesh-like fabric, does not stretch at all, doesn't gather condensation (because it's mesh), and of course doesn't soak up moisture.
It's see-thru, so when using an air mattress or lamb hide between the hammock layers one can see where the thing is.
For the winter it's better than anything - no chance of a damp condensation patch under the back because the moisture gathers on the inside of the outer layer of the hammock and since the outside fabric is a bit longer, it sags low enough not to touch one's back.
I think this explains a lot:
Perinne gives us 'perinteinen' = traditional, whereas in the same form...
Tapa gives us 'tavallinen' = just plain ordinary.
I've subbed Pitchfork's album reviews RSS. They tend to namedrop influences and contemporaries and that's what's keeping this 46 year old picking up 2025 albums (bit proud of the fact) :D
Wasn't me, I was in Finland yesterday :D
Great to hear there are like-minded crafters over in the States!
I got into it because I had some better ideas for two-layer hammocks that nobody in the commercial world seemingly had. Also because of the awesome monofil fabric, you can't get hammocks made from that in the shops. But just enjoying designing stuff is a big factor too :)
I'll have a tarp on top in the woods for sure. But mosquitoes are indeed the ill we're tackling here :)
It only just got out the sewing machine :D
Stitching is just dense straight stitch all the way. We use Gutermann Mara 70 for thread, never seen it fail in several years in self-made hammocks. I put it on the scale when there was still some extra material on, and it was 725 g. I hope to find it under 700 g now that it is finished.
'What's in your helmet' pic :D :D
Sharing since mine is pretty cool out of the box :D Caberg Ghost, without the chin guard it comes with but with a tube scarf thing covering the exposed area so that I don't eat ze bugs.
There are big expensive mosquito magnets that take a propane tank and electricity to run (these are environmentally ok) and the Thermacell device (somewhat dubious but very effective). Source: Finland, the land of mosquitos
Long time musician here!
Back in Reddit days I did prawl through music-making related communities, but found that discussion tended to stick to pretty trivial spheres. Figured that general music maker communities don't work. You want jazz drumming / pure data / microtonal techniques level specialised communities to keep it interesting. Otherwise it's just 'recommend a beginner-friendly daw' over and over.