New stuff

Not sure if I have posted about this yet, but I won some sweet Merrell hiking boots on ebay. They normally go for $90, I got them for just over $30 with the cost of shipping. Not only that, but I scored 10 yards of silnylon fabric in the $1 per yard bin at Wal-Mart. Silnylon is the fabric that I will be using to make my hammock and some stuff sacks for my gear. I got some netting too, which should work for a mosquito net. The hammock should be pretty easy to bang out. I just have to hem all four sides of a rectangle. I am a little perplexed about how I am going to do the "mosi" net. I don't know if I want to do a pod style that fits over the whole hammock, which would make it kind of a tube, or if I want to make it drape over the hammock with small weights in the corners. I think the tube would be a little easier to sew, but we'll just have to see. I have to get some paracord to work with. I have some nylon rope, but it isn't strong enough to hold my fat self in a hammock. Not really sure what the weight limit is on it, but I would rather not test it. Anyway, I am really excited about getting to work on making some gear.