I made hammocks for my kids about a year ago, and they're still a huge hit, and have held up well despite weekly washings, although they're looking faded now. Here's the cheap side o' life: Needed: good, solid sewing machine, grommets, 4 clips or hooks. I went to the store, bought 1 yard of wooly stuff, one yard of the cheapest on-sale denim (warning - the first time you wash it, it will bleed profusely) and cut them to desired size, laid them together wrong sides out, sewed them mostly shut, inverted the now pillow-like shell so that the fuzzy side of the fleece was out and the seams were inside, and sewed up the remaining hole. Punch a hole in each corner, install grommets, attach clips, stick into cage, presto. Takes about 15 minutes per hammock, excluding shopping time. Costs about $3 ea. 1 yard will make three or four hammocks. yay! Melissa ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Melissa Litwicki "Is it ... atomic?" [log in to unmask] "Yes! VERY atomic!" [Posted in FML issue 1672]