Sometimes, to make outdoor relaxation moments perfect, you need a comfortable and elegant hammock. With a few tools and minimal crafting knowledge, you can even build your own hammock using a fairly simple braiding technique.

To make this hammock, you'll need plenty of patience, a few tools easily found at any hardware store, and, most importantly, to carefully follow the video below.

Materials needed:

A support made from two planks with nails inserted at regular intervals, as shown in the video. That one is made of metal, but you can build one from wood and nails.

very strong rope;

a plank approximately 50 centimeters long and 5 centimeters wide, with two cuts at the ends, on which to wrap the string.

Two round pieces of wood, approximately one meter each, which you will place at the ends of the hammock so that the netting remains taut. At the end of each piece, there should be a small section where the rope can fit.