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Tri-Color Removable Crotchrope
by Rope Fashions
Braiding is a wonderful way to make crotchropes. Braided
crotchropes are good looking, and their bumpy surface
provides additional stimulation for your partner.
If you want to slip a vibrator under the crotchrope,
the wide surface helps hold it in place, and the
vibrations are distributed all along the crotchrope.
This crotchrope uses a three-color braid, which adds a
decorative touch. And it is removable. Often, with
ordinary crotchropes, there comes a time in the
scene when the crotchrope starts getting in the way
of things.
This crotchrope can easily be removed at that point,
without having to undo a lot of your ropework. And if
you don’t want to slow down your scene while you braid
up the crotchrope, you can braid it in advance, and attach
it to the waist rope when you need it.
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Step 1:
The materials you will need for this crotchrope are:
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20 to 40 feet of black 5/16-inch rope for
the waist rope.
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Eight feet each of red, black, and green
5/16-inch rope for the braid.
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Two rubber bands like they sell for
holding ponytails in place.
We are using solid-braid MFP rope from Rainbow Rope at
http://www.RainbowRope.com
Drape the three eight-foot ropes over the edge of your
hand. The order should be red, black, and green, from
front to back, and the ropes should be centered
over your hand.
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Step 2:
Grab the ropes just under your hand, and pull your hand out
of the loops. You should have three loops, roughly three inches
long, emerging from your fist. Slip a rubber band over the loops
to hold them tightly in place.
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Step 3:
Hold the ropes so that the red ropes are up. Cross the left
red rope over the right red rope.
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Step 4:
Now cross the right black rope over the red ropes, then cross
the left black rope over the right black rope.
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Step 5:
Now cross the right green rope over the black ropes, then cross
the left green rope over the right green rope.
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Step 6:
Continue alternately crossing the outside right rope over to the
left, then the outside left rope over to the right.
Keep the tension even and snug, for a nice tight braid.
If you ever get two ropes that are lying side by side, with
no crossing, that means you did two ropes from the same
side in a row, rather than alternating. Just back up one
rope, and use the rope on the other side.
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Step 7:
Continue braiding until you run out of rope. When you get to the
end, slip the second rubber band over the ropes to hold the
ends in place.
You can store the crotchrope this way until you are ready to use it.
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Step 8:
Now we will make the waist rope. The length of the waist rope
is not critical; somewhere between 20 and 40 feet,
depending on your partner’s waist size and how many
wraps around the waist you want. I used a 38-foot
length of rope that was handy.
Begin by doubling the rope. Wrap the middle part
(the loop) around your partner’s waist, then pull
the ends through the loop.
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Step 9:
Now pull the rope so it is snug, then wrap it around the waist
in the opposite direction (so that it is pulling against
the loop).
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Step 10:
Keep wrapping until you are almost out of rope. You should have
two rope ends in your hand. Take one end and run it through the
the loop (the one that was formed earlier when you changed wrap
directions). Now tie the two ends together in a square or reef
knot (left over right, right over left). The completed waist rope
should look something like this.
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Step 11:
To use the crotchrope, slip the end with the loops up under the
waist rope.
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Step 12:
Now put the ends of the crotchrope through the loops.
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Step 13:
Pull the rope so it is snug, with no slack in the loop, then
run the crotchrope between the legs.
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Step 14:
Run the ends of the crotchrope under the waist rope in back,
and pull it so it is nice and snug.
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Step 15:
Pull the end of the crotchrope under the part below the waist rope,
from right to left.
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Step 16:
Now take the ends under the loop around the waist rope, forming
an overhand knot.
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Step 17:
The completed crotchrope looks like this.
There are a couple of alternative ways to finish the
crotchrope. One is to unbraid the crotchrope to a few
inches below where it meets the waist rope in
back, then rebraid it into two three-strand braids
(just like you use for making pigtails in hair). Put a
rubber band on each end. Then slip one pigtail under the
waist rope, and tie the two pigtails in a square or reef
knot. This is a pretty finish, and makes it easier to
adjust the tension.
For less bulk in the back, you could unbraid the end
of the crotchrope as before, run one set of three ends
under the waist rope, and again tie a square or reef
know, treating each set of three ends as one.
And if you want a narrower crotchrope, you can follow the
same procedure, but with two ropes instead of three. If you
use contrasting colors for the ropes it makes lovely chevrons,
just like the three-rope version.
The end of the crotchrope with the loops is inherently prettier
and less bulky than the end with the knot. So if you’re doing this
for show, put the loops on the side that shows. And if you’re doing
it for play, put the loops on the side she will be lying on.
I hope this crotchrope brings you and your partner lots
of pleasure.
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