[pct-l] Tarp construction

[Diane Soini of Santa Barbara Hikes]

Just wondering here if recycling the attachment thingies on ladies  
garter belts for attaching silk hose would be a lighter weight option  
that results in slightly less wrinkling. Probably a little too light  
though since they are expecting silk and not silnylon.

Diane

On Mar 15, 2011, at 10:00 AM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:
>
> Good morning, Nate,
>
> Attaching a cord to a sheet by folding the material over a small  
> object is a
> very old technique, and one that works well ? after a fashion.  I? 
> ve done so
> quite a bit, but I?m not fond of carrying 6-8 marbles; I just pick  
> up small
> pebbles, short knuckles of wood, or even tiny evergreen cones for the
> purpose.  This works well at the corners, but along the sides of  
> the sheet
> doing so creates considerable wrinkling and subsequent flopping and  
> sagging.
>
>
> Most department stores, sporting goods stores, surplus stores, and  
> hardware
> stores sell various types of light-weight cord which will work for
> guy-lines, but most of it is probably too heavy and strong for this  
> intended
> purpose.
>
> Steel-Eye
>
> Hiking the Pct since before it was the PCT ? 1965
>
> http://www.trailjournals.com/steel-eye
>
> http://www.trailjournals.com/SteelEye09
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 9:06 PM, Nathan Miller  
> <erccmacfitheal at yahoo.com>wrote:
>
>> I'm considering trying a hammock and tarp this season.  I'm also
>> considering making my own tarp.
>>
>> I found some info. on the net to the effect that I can make a tarp by
>> taking my larger sheet of Tyvek, wrapping a small portion around a  
>> marble
>> wherever I want a tie-off, and then putting a slip knot around the  
>> marble to
>> form what are essentially fully dynamic grommets.
>>
>> I have three questions:
>> -Has anyone else tried this method?
>> -Where do I get paracord?  Military surplus?
>> -Where do I get a small piece of black Tyvek?
>>
>> -Nate the Trail Zombie