How to Braid a Double Hammock

Load the large netting shuttle with the hammock cord. To do this, cut about 2 yards of cord, thread the cord into the shuttle and tie a knot on the loose end, so the cord will not slip out while you are working.

Take the gauge stick in your left hand. Wrap the netting shuttle once around the gauge stick, traveling under and then over, and then through the loop you have just made.

Make a half-hitch knot around both sides of the original loop. To make a half-hitch knot, cross the short end of the cord with the long end, bring the short end around and then through the hole. Push the knot towards the gauge stick.

Repeat the process until you have made 30 loops around the gauge stick. Remove the gauge stick from the loops.

Rotate the work, so the shuttle is on the left side. Hold the gauge stick in your left hand, just underneath the work you have done so far.

Wrap the cord around the gauge stick traveling under, then through the loop that you have just made. Finally, bring the netting shuttle around the loop you have just created and tie a new half-hitch knot around the loop.

Repeat this process for each of the 30 loops.

Make 54 rows in total, so your double hammock will measure about 7 feet long.

Use the same process for the rest of the rows. Rotate the work so the shuttle is on your left and hold the gauge stick under the work you have done. Wrap the cord around the gauge stick, then through the loop you just created.

Finally, tie a new hitch-knot around the loop you create.