MEXICAN HAMMOCKS Used mainly in the Yucatan peninsula in Mexico, they are still handmade by craftsmen in rural communities, following traditional and non standardized techniques. They are used as beds for the whole family in thousands of Mexican households. Their extraordinary softness and breadth makes them the best hammock in the world. Since the eighties we have bought our hammocks directly from the villages of Yucatan, where we ourselves select them. We deal directly with weavers and rural cooperatives.
The Mayas are the only ones who have invented a technique of weaving specific to the making of hammocks. This technique uses relatively little non elastic material and produces a large extended surface. It thus offers ventilated bedding, obtained from very thin thread, which is woven, not knotted.
The Mayas originally used Sisal, cactus fibre, to make their hammocks. Their descendants have kept the same techniques but now use cotton, nylon and mostly polypropylene. The Mexican hammock comes in several sizes, the most popular being: DOUBLE, MATRIMONIAL and FAMILY size. The |
