Armchair-hammock with your own hands

Those who have a garden near the house or cottage, there is such a scope of opportunities, how to equip a place for recreation. One option is to make a hammock in the form of an armchair. It is somewhat like an ordinary swing, only it looks exquisitely and unusual.

Materials for a hammock chair

This option, how to make a hammock chair with your own hands, involves the use of a conventional hoop for gymnastics. By the way, this hammock can be converted into a child's rocking chair if necessary.

From the materials you will need:

• hoop for gymnastics;
• jeans - 3 m;
• multi-colored cotton fabric - 0.5 m;
• belt - 8 m;
• ring made of metal;
• metal buckles - 4 pcs;
• trouser braid;
• filler.

Preparation of

parts All parts of the hammock chair are created separately, and then they are already assembled into the whole structure. Progress:

1. Three-meter cloth of jeans must be cut into two equal parts, one and a half meters each. Turn each part four times and apply an arc using a pencil. The arc is a quarter of a circle long, the diameter is 65 cm. Cut the fabric according to the drawing and unfold it. The result should be two equal circles.
2. On each circle, move away from the edges of 5 cm and draw another circle inside the large one.
3. On one circle, mark the slots through which the belts will be fastened. Fold the circle four times, the folds become the axis, according to these axes, under the 45-degree angle there will be straps. To mark their location, you need to fold the circle once more in half. The mark that turned out, connect with the central point in the circle along a straight line, in this place there will be a slot. Similar actions must be taken at the top of the circle. To mark the two bottom sections, you need to determine the length between the axes and divide it into three different parts.
4. Open two circles on the table and connect them to the front parts, the circle on which the markings should appear at the top. Secure the circle with a pin and cut through the slits along the marked dashes. Do the same on the second circle.
5. You should get on fabric, like petals, they need to be turned away so that the wrong side is on top. And to trim them with braid, if there is no it, then you can replace the trouser string with a doublerine, and then cut the canvas. Having deviated from the edges by 3 mm, detach the slits.
6. Back from the edges by 4 cm, sew both blanks for the cover. At the same time, see that the circle of circles can enter the circle of circles, which will serve as a frame. Then remove the cover from the front and iron it.
7. Now it's time to process the hoop, it needs to be well polished with a thick sintepon. After that, put the hoop in the workpiece, level the whole structure and, having retreated from the edges by 6 cm, sweep the two parts of the cover.
8. Sew the workpiece area through which the hoop was placed, if somewhere the filler has come out, it is necessary to trim it carefully.
9. Slots for reliability to strengthen by hand stitch, and to quilt the whole cover on the principle of a wadded mattress.

Assembling a hammock

1. Before starting the assembly, it is necessary to cut the belt, which will serve as slings. The pieces should be 2 meters long. The end of the belt should be treated with fire.
2. Use the ends of the tape to wrap around the hoop. Metal clamps to strengthen the place of capture.
3. In the buckles pass the endings of the lines at opposite ends, before that, thread them into the ring. They will allow you to choose the required height of the hammock, inclination.
4. If you are thinking of using such chair as a cradle as a cradle, then you will need to take the diameter of a smaller circle.
5. Hang a hammock chair at your favorite place, it is better to do it in a shady place in the garden. Make an angle so that it is convenient to relax.

Wicker chair-hammock

Armchair-hammock, created from woven ropes, has some kind of its charm. Even in the photo they look charming, what then to speak about what they saw with their own eyes. You can create it yourself, for this you need to have at least basic skills in macrame.
What will be required to create a wicker chair-hammock:

• hoop - 1,10 m, for the backrest;
• hoop - 0.7 m for the seat;
• cord with a core made of polypropylene;
• cord connecting the rings - 2 pcs;
• slings - 12 m;Wood rods
• - 2 pcs;
• rubber gloves for work;
• scissors;
• measuring tape.

In order to weave a hammock with our own hands, it is necessary to perform a number of such works:

1. It is necessary to tackle two hoops. Weave them with a cord so that the metal can not be seen. A meter of metal hoop spends about 40 m of cord. The coils should be made more dense and for better quality, after 20 turns, it is necessary to strengthen the place with a winding, the extreme loops at the same time pulling together as much as possible. When winding the hoop, make sure that the cord is laid flat.
2. Now it's time to get into the seat. For this, on top of the winding you need to weave an ordinary mesh, attach it with a double loop to the hoop. If you have been doing macrame for a long time already, and you can weave intricate patterns, you can choose any of them. If you are quite new in this business, then try the simplest pattern called "chess".Those ends of the knots that will remain hanging from the seats do not need to be trimmed, they will then be used to decorate the fringe. Also it is necessary to take into account such a moment: the faster you will weave your pattern and pull the cord, so, in the end, the seat will harden.
3. Now it's time to connect the hoops into one design. The front part, where the person sits, both hoops carefully wrap the cord.
4. Make the notches on the four ends of the bar and place them on the backrest side. Thus, the hoop will be well fixed, and the chair will have the desired inclination of the backrest.
5. Now you need to start braiding the back. And again, if you have the skills of macrame, choose an intricate pattern, it will depend on what kind of appearance the chair will have. If you are not particularly versed in the wisdom of this craft, then use such a simple method: to fasten the lace to the top of the circle and move downwards, to coat the back. When you reach the bottom, tie all cords to the bottom of the back. And finish the armchair by making a fringe.
6. Attach the rafters to the place, and place the hammock chair in place.

These two ways to make a chair hammock pendant, in fact, do not take much time and money, all materials are sold at a very affordable price and will come out much cheaper than buying a ready design in the store. But in your garden there will always be a place where you can have a good rest with a good book in your hands.