Hiya Barefootin I love crochet and well some thoughts cross my mind. Any place that does welding can make a metal frame for ya at a small cost. They will make whatever size metal circle ya want really. And the crochet thing well they sell very big hooks and ya can even crochet with macrame cord. I personally ouold start at the ring and work in decreasing so that the most strength is at the ring. I was also thinking that recycling the leftover grocery plastic bags is all the age so I would use both the macrame cord and the plastic bags!!! Lots of help and advise atour crochet group at MSN we are Happy Hookers crocheters Paradise come and join and ask away. Here is a link that might be useful: Happy Hookers Crocheters Paradise

There was 1 at my grandmother's lake house when I was growing up. It was on a covered porch & top part was like Susie's & hung from 2 bolts from ceiling by the chains. Bottom part was more like in the link where the baby was propped up. It was enclosed on ends & back with solid metal of some kind. The thick pad was on old fashioned bed spring -cot sized. 2 of us used to lay side by side when we were about 6-8 yrs old plenty of room for us but not 2 adults laying down. I loved it & that was when they found me when it was time to eat! Other kids liked to swim- I lived across the lake, I went in every day in summer! Finally we got a hammock with it's own stand at our house- not like that swing-hard to get comfortable. You might find an old baby spring metal mattress thing but adult wouldn't be able to lay down in it. I don't know about a pulley system, doesn't seem like that would work too well. Needs to be even on both ends so you don't "feel" like you are sliding! Susie's is good & you could have plywood under the pad- make it thick as lot of people "plop" down on things like that. Sounds kind of like you want a hanging swing type thing trampoline on pulley with 1 chain if given a push might dump you out!!!Jan

I never even thought of waterbeds being restricted but it makes sense. Thankfully we got it free from someone who didn't want it anymore. Sounds like way too much trouble and worry even if allowed - I'll just use some of the wood for scrap :) I will check online for your suggestion on a mat, never heard of that either. Not sure if it would slide if I put it on, say, a sofa cushion not used? SUrely vibrations couldn't be felt, heard through that? Just don't think that would work well with something I'm jumping on. :) May just be forced to use it outside, will have to see. And no, no basement in the building. Thanks guys!

reading through the responses, it seems that everyone handled/handles this pandemic pretty well.!! Thank goodness for that lots of gardening, reading, cooking and exercising (in or out) w/wo dogs, made the cut for many!! heatheron40: so sorry to hear of your heartaches. i hope your sister is fully recovered. your cousins, if only... keep them coming, i feel its great way to think about what we have been through and life lessons learned along the way. thanks to all the health care workers, we could not have gotten to where we are now w/o you!!