Double Hammock (DH)

Components, elements, and skills needed for a Double hammock.

Carry Summary
The double hammock is often recommended as a beginner carry. There are many variations of this carry but the original and basic version is two rebozo passes, a chest pass, ruck straps, and crossing leg passes.

Carry Description
The basic Double Hammock starts with the baby about 18" off the middle marker. The middle marker should end up on the center of the chest pass when finished. Hold both top rails over your shoulders and make a seat. You will make one rebozo pass pulling the short end over your shoulder and the long end under the opposite arm, then a chest pass spread across your breasts keeping the top and bottom rails tight, second rebozo pass, tighten at the shoulders, then make leg passes over the first leg and under the second and tie in front.

Carry Details
Type: Double layer back carry

Wrap Length: 5, 6, or 7 (your base size)

Difficulty: Intermediate

Carry components: Two rebozo passes, a chest pass, ruck straps, and leg passes.

Needed Skills: seat formation, rail tightening, strand-by-strand tightening of chest pass and ruck straps.

Works well for: babies with good head control, toddler, leg straiteners, leaners.

Pretie or Poppable Option: No.

Variations
Shorty: DH Tied at shoulder (TAS), optional Candy Cane Chest Belt(CCCB). Saltwater: After rebozos, cross tails, tuck one tail under the chest pass, cross again, then do leg passes or tie under bum(TUB). Lexi Twist: After rebozos, cross tails in the middle of your chest, cross again, then do leg passes or tie under bum(TUB).