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10/26/2024 Recap
We had a great class today. In the beginner section we went over Square Knot vs. Granny Knot, The Summerville Bowline, Double Columns and leg ladders, and how to extend your rope using a Lark’s head. In the intermediate section, TickledKink showed us how to tie a nice clean leg ladder and improved an attached hand tie. We…
10/12/2024 Recap
Today, we had a nice big group and could split into beginner & intermediate sections. The beginner section reviewed the running end and bight end, the overhand single columns, and the Sommerville Bowline The intermediate section did various things including a quick upper body chest harness (the two-band simple one from Tiziano’s book) as well…
Clove Hitch
A clove hitch is one half-hitch followed by another half-hitch, but that description is deceptively simple. In this example, we’re making a half hitch onto a suspension line. The line we’re making the hitch with is called our running line. Since the suspension line is perpendicular, the running line will form either a 4 or…
9/27/2024 Recap
We reviewed the Summerville Bowline and single/double column ties. We looked at a couple of Shibari books for inspiration and then ended with a review of the spreader bar technique 🙂
9/20/2024 Recap
For Shibari Study afternoon, I spent some time doing upline drills from Shibari Study. I have mastered the clove hitch, formed by creating two opposite half-hitches. If you do it the wrong way, you get two half hitches in the same direction which doesn’t form a clove hitch. If you do the right way, you get a…
9/14/2024 Recap
At Saturday’s class, we could finally split into a beginner section and an intermediate section. In the beginner section, we covered the basics of square knots & granny knots as always and did a drill game for the all-important Sommerville Bowline. (Shibari Study video, Youtube 1, Youtube 2)In the intermediate section, we covered the broad glossary of Shibari styles. Then we moved into…
8/24/2024 Recap
We had a great little practice session last Saturday! We reviewed the all-important Sommerville Bowline (pronounced “bowlin”), double columns & extending rope (all from the beginner material). We watched the Shibari Study video with Fuoco (a Shibari Study teacher) that focused on the Sommerville Bowline and broke it down into key pieces to practice. You can find the video on Shibari Study…
Handover Knot
Handover A basic “knot” goes around and through, then tightens. Pull to tighten the granny knot:
Extending Rope using a Lark’s Head Connector
When you get to the end of one rope, don’t fret. Here we are at the end of the beginner section and to move on you’ll need to know how to connect two ropes together while doing a tie that involves more rope. Because of this technique, bondage tops don’t typically worry too much about…