RopeMarks, Shibari, Kinbaku, Japanese bondage from Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Hot to tie a basic rope spreader bar w/ Twistedmonk.com. Silent_Rope's Resources. Crash Restraint. When attaching support lines to a harness for suspension, I use a novel method that people frequently ask me about, and I've been meaning to document for a long time. Serendipitously, I ran into Kali from Kink Academy a few months ago at Wicked Grounds, and she asked me to film some instructional videos for them on suspension -- so I managed to slip this in there, and they've graciously agreed to allow me to use screenshots from those videos to illustrate a blog post here. This method was inspired by the Tatu hitch , during a Fetlife discussion whose details are now murky in my memory -- in any case credit is due both Tatu and Jack Elfrink for making me aware of that knot, upon which this is based.
Things needing names, and this technique using the first half of a Tatu hitch, I suppose we could call it the half-Tatu hitch. Thanks also to Mecha-Kate for modeling for these. The full video version, in two parts, is here and here on Kink Academy. Single Point Attachment, with Carabiner. - StumbleUpon. TwistedMonk.com. Patriot gauntlets. An alternative to lou duff style arm gauntlets. This was the basis for the 600 foot rope mummification I once did at Shibaricon The main bulk of the rope will always be behind what you are tying around. The tie itself is just bringing parts up to the front. Make a bunny ear on the left side. Make another bunny ear on the right side. Pass the right bunny ear through the left. Make another bunny ear on the left side. Important: Place the end of the rope in between the two bunny ears you have at this point.
Pass the left bunny ear through the right. Pull the bunny ear toward you to tighten everything up. Pull the bunny ear toward you to tighten everything up. Continue the three step process. When you run out of rope, just leave the end as it is without make a bunny ear. Pass the end all the way through the last bunny ear you did. Pull the end toward you to tighten everything up. The finished pattern has a center ridge that looks like a braid.