Relaxing in a hammock offers a quality way to enjoy the great outdoors. Suspended in air, the swaying motion is soothing and puts you right to sleep.
A DIY hammock that you create yourself — maybe out of recycled, everyday materials you already have laying around — could be more fulfilling than buying readymade. A comfy DIY hammock is also easy to make.
If you’ve come this far, you’ve likely decided you’re going to try and build a hammock. Let’s explore some options and get ideas for where to start.
Important Details to Consider When Building a hammock
Before you can build a DIY hammock, you have to consider the details of how you intend to use it, where you will use it, and what you will use to make it.
Hammock Height and Size
Before you start, you have to determine the hammock height and size. That isn’t always easy to do, but you can figure it out pretty quickly if you stick to a few fundamentals.
Hammocks are usually between 9 and 15 feet in length (off the shelf), so that is a good range for your DIY planning as well. The width of a hammock is customarily between 4 and 10 feet, depending on if it’s for one or more sleepers. Wider hammocks are suited for more people to enjoy at once.
But even a wide hammock is fine for one individual to use.
吊床两端都需要固定,所以如果你打算在两棵树之间的预定空间放置一个吊床,你需要先测量这个距离。对于任何跨度来说,最好的吊床尺寸是比将要悬挂的空间短大约一英尺的尺寸。
So if you have two trees that are 12 feet apart, an 11-foot hammock would be ideal. Ideally, a hammock will be about 18 to 24 inches off the ground when it is unoccupied.
Types of Materials to Use
你几乎可以用任何东西来设计一个DIY吊床。
When it comes to the sleeping surface of a hammock, as long as it is stretchy, can bear your weight, and is lightweight, anything will do. Some favorite hammock sleeping surfaces are canvas, drop cloths, rope, ripstop nylon, and even towels or blankets.
Once you have a sleeping surface in mind, you’ll have to figure out how to fasten it to a stand, post, or tree at each end. That will take some ingenuity, but the materials you can consider are common and readily available. Ropes, chains, clotheslines, carabiners, eye bolts, or paracord are all favorite materials for store-bought and homemade hammocks.
请记住,吊床并不是真的设计成永久性的。因此,如果你的设计没有包含夹子、扣或挂钩,好的打结技巧将是必不可少的。
If you don’t have trees, poles, or a stand, consider making aDIY hammock stand.
Hammock Uses and Purposes
吊床是露营者的最爱,因为它安装简单,可以让你在户外睡觉。但在你后院的游泳池附近或露台上,它们也是一种有趣和放松的消遣。当你在微风中摇摆时,读一本书,放松一下。
但吊床也有一些不仅仅是纯粹放松的目的。如果你在恶劣的天气中睡觉,你肯定不想在地面上睡觉,因为地面可能又湿又脏,或者到处都是昆虫和小动物。在户外睡觉,从地上爬起来是必不可少的。
And hammocks are usually easy to fold or roll up and bring with you on an adventure. With the addition of a tarp overhead, you can remain protected from the rain or even light snow. Just make sure you pack your sleeping bag to keep you warm.
Other Considerations
- 在DIY吊床设计时,要跳出固有的思维模式。让它为你和你周围的环境工作。
- Keep it simple. The more complicated your design, the more difficult any repairs will be.
- Stay light. If you are traveling with or planning to move your hammock around, the last thing you want is something bulky and heavy. Light, portable, foldable, and water-resistant are good traits in a hammock.
Free Hammock Plans to Consider
DIY Simple Canvas Hammock
玛莎·斯图尔特提供了这款简单的帆布吊床,完全由你可以在当地五金店买到的材料制成。你需要两棵坚固的树和一台缝纫机来建造它,但有了帆布垂布、一些钢圈、绳子和o型圈,你就可以在任何时候荡秋千、放松了。
DIY Ripstop Nylon Hammock
Ripstop nylon is a common material in jackets, sails, and kites. This build also requires a sewing machine, but it is easy to make without much sewing experience. The hardest part may be sourcing a few yards of ripstop nylon. But once you have your nylon and some paracord, you can build a supremely lightweight hammock with its own storage bag too.
DIY Hanging Dock Hammock Plans
如果你位于水上,附近可能会有一个码头。通过利用一个简单船坞的标准设计特点,这个设计将把你悬挂在你最喜欢的水面上,下面没有其他东西。你需要一些木材、车用螺栓、螺母和垫圈来完成这个设计。在建造过程中,你需要一个圆锯,冲击驱动器和往复式锯。
DIY Hammock Chair
Sometimes you might not want a full-size hammock. Maybe you just want to swing and read a book or enjoy a view. If you don’t want to fully recline in your DIY hammock, this hammock chair is ideal. All you need is a sturdy piece of wood, some fabric suitable for the outdoors, a bit of rope, and a single carabiner.
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DIY Beach Towel Hammock
Beach towels are perfect for adding a splash of design to your DIY hammock. They are usually bright colored and fade resistant, so adding them to the palette can turn a drab DIY project into a work of art. You will need a sewing machine, additional canvas, zip ties, and strapping made of leather, nylon, or canvas, to pull off this design.
DIY Hammock Swing
This DIY hammock swing will also require you to build a hammock stand. The directions are straightforward, and completing the work will bring years of hammock swinging to your backyard. Designed more for upright rocking than supine sleeping, this is not a travel hammock. Instead, this project will build a permanent relaxation station for your home.
DIY Lazy Day Hammock
This hammock is a little bit tricky to make as it requires some good, knot tying skills. But with a little bit of patience, rope, a few other common materials, and a sewing machine, you can have your very own hammock. This design also shows you how to incorporate some trim or lace as a fringe.
DIY Baby Hammock Swing
If you want to bring the relaxation of a hammock into your baby’s life, this design is perfect.
It is simple, durable, and easy to make with household tools and materials. It’s not only cute, but a few minutes of the soothing, rocking motion will help put your baby to sleep.
DIY Multicolor Rope Hammock
This design uses two different colored ropes to fashion a modern hammock between wooden dowels. The design requires a lot of rope weaving, but the end result is a stylish, modern, 2-tone hammock that is sturdy, light, and perfect for hanging out.
DIY Double Layer Hammock
This is one of my favorite DIY hammock designs. Its double-layer construction is stronger and less failure prone than a single-ply design. It will accommodate a pad between the layers for comfort, or you can nestle yourself between them to avoid mosquitoes and other creepy crawlies.
DIY Deluxe Hammock System
Gear heads, get ready. Here’s one for you. This DIY camping hammock is infinitely customizable, relatively inexpensive, and offers a really cool look, but it can be time consuming to construct one.
The result is awesome, but the designer is upfront explaining that it took him many hours to make it. This project might be better for the winter before your camping trip, as opposed to the morning of that trip to the mountains.
DIY Canvas Hammock
This canvas hammock is a no-frills option. You will need a sewing machine, rope, and grommets to complete it, but when it’s done, it is a classic hammock design, and its simplicity is elegant.
DIY Quick Hammock Tree Straps
如果你已经有了做吊床的材料,最难的部分可能是弄清楚如何把它安装到柱子、树上或支架上。有了这个快速教程,你可以把价值几美元的材料变成一套树带。And when you’re done, you can either reuse an old hammock or fashion yournew DIY hammock.
DIY Fabric Hammock
This DIY hammock is one of the easiest to make, but it does require a sewing machine. Suppose you have some leftover fabric from another project. In that case, the only other thing you will need is a couple of tree straps (easily fashioned from sturdy webbing) and a couple of carabiners. Old backpack straps might work well as repurposed webbing.
DIY Navy Hammock Plans
Hammocks are part of the history for the naval service. Sailors could easily take down and stow a hammock during their daily work details. But when it was time to sleep, they could quickly deploy and hang a hammock. Now you can enjoy a traditional, World War II-style navy hammock. It’s up to you if you want to rock on the sea or in your backyard or campground.
DIY Beginner Hammock
这个视频教程将教你如何制作一个便宜的、容易藏起来的吊床。当固定时,它可以装进一个很小的空间,所以它非常便携。这个视频是一个快速观看-只有六分钟长。
DIY Hammock Tarps and Extreme Hammock
This is a hammock build that’s suitable for outdoor use even in the winter. It features multiple layers, quilting, and a hardcore design intended to keep you warm even in extreme conditions.
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