Surprise! This has been sitting in drafts for a while, so you get one post before we leave on our vacation.
So today I am going to write about rope! Rope is not something James and I have explored very much at this point (we have been too busy with chains!), so these are some of our very early attempts and our thoughts on them!
This one is called a wrap and cinch double column. I think it is going to become out new go-to wrist tie. This is the first one we tried, and it was quite an adventure figuring out the directions! Our rope is a long one, which makes it a bit of a hassle, but that will probably be less of a big deal as we practice more. I have to say, I love the way the layers of rope look. Yum.
Hobble tie! This one was a lot of fun. Similar enough to the wrap and cinch that it was pretty simple to do. The most difficult part was deciding how much space to allow for the middle section. Again, more practice will help with that.
Now, this is the most exciting one! I have it on a PDF on my phone, so I can't link it, but this one is called dragonfly sleeve. I tried it out on James and then he had to upstage me - apparently shoulder flexibility on the part of the person being tied is important! I got some tingly-asleep fingers from this one, so it wasn't on for long (we took it off immediately after tingly fingers started happening). Getting even pressure on all the single lines was remarkably difficult - some were too loose, others too tight. I think fitting in more knots and lines, in addition to having more consistent pressure on them will help with tingles.
Until next time!
-Savanna
