Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
A Maya style woven hammock is the most comfortable primitive way to rest. After a long day working at the hut, there's no better feeling than to kick up my feet and relax. Good sleep is a critically important factor in survival, and when combined with good food it can ultimately lead to absolute thriving.
I rolled natural sisal fiber twine into 1500 feet of cordage for this project. Some of the cordage I dyed with different colors using totally natural plant=based resources. Most of the time to make this was spent just making the cordage. Weaving the hammock took only a total of about 20 hours.
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Key moments:
00:00 Preparing a frame for weaving
02:05 Weaving the border
04:48 Weaving the bed of the hammock
06:17 Gathering berries to make purple dye
07:01 Fetching water from the stream
07:37 Gathering dry lemonade berry leaves
08:09 Making mordant and purple dye solution
10:05 Continuing the weave with already dyed cordage
12:48 Adding purple-dyed cordage to the weave
15:08 Gathering green illite clay for future projects
16:58 Bird feeds its babies in the hut
17:22 Continuing the weave of the hammock
19:48 Brown-dyed cordage
21:41 Weaving the opposite border
22:35 Finishing the weave of the hammock bed
23:25 Making the arms and hoops of the hammock
29:35 Testing the hammock in the hut
31:04 Closeup of the bird nest in the hut
Music credits:
Drums of the Deep by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
A Maya style woven hammock is the most comfortable primitive way to rest. After a long day working at the hut, there's no better feeling than to kick up my feet and relax. Good sleep is a critically important factor in survival, and when combined with good food it can ultimately lead to absolute thriving.
I rolled natural sisal fiber twine into 1500 feet of cordage for this project. Some of the cordage I dyed with different colors using totally natural plant=based resources. Most of the time to make this was spent just making the cordage. Weaving the hammock took only a total of about 20 hours.
My favorite alternative to being barefoot are Luna Sandals.
Enjoy 10% off the new LUNA Chanclas!
lunasandals.com/CHADZUBER
facebook.com/ChadZAdventure
Sign up for my newsletter: eepurl.com/jfZxG-
Check out my ebook here: amazon.com/dp/B0DC5FN3K9
Key moments:
00:00 Preparing a frame for weaving
02:05 Weaving the border
04:48 Weaving the bed of the hammock
06:17 Gathering berries to make purple dye
07:01 Fetching water from the stream
07:37 Gathering dry lemonade berry leaves
08:09 Making mordant and purple dye solution
10:05 Continuing the weave with already dyed cordage
12:48 Adding purple-dyed cordage to the weave
15:08 Gathering green illite clay for future projects
16:58 Bird feeds its babies in the hut
17:22 Continuing the weave of the hammock
19:48 Brown-dyed cordage
21:41 Weaving the opposite border
22:35 Finishing the weave of the hammock bed
23:25 Making the arms and hoops of the hammock
29:35 Testing the hammock in the hut
31:04 Closeup of the bird nest in the hut
Music credits:
Drums of the Deep by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
