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Step 1:
This tie is pretty easy. Let's start by wrapping the wrists just as we've
done before: around a couple times with the bight end of a doubled
rope.
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Step 2:
Two or three times around...
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Step 3:
...and through the center of the wrists. See how we're using the
working end of the rope (in my right hand)? That's so the rope
doesn't "slip-knot" around the wrists, cutting off
circulation.
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Step 4:
Knot this up and we're here. Simple wrist tie, knot on
top, with a small loop that might come in handy if you're
feeling clever.
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Step 5:
I've only repositioned this a bit, nothing has really changed.
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Step 6:
Once around the body, above the breasts, with your doubled rope.
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Step 7:
Pick up the line here to give it some tension, keeping the line
from falling down and your partner from spinning like a
top.
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Step 8:
Now we go once around that rope in back, about elbow height
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Step 9:
Around the forearms once.
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Step 10:
Note how the ropes form a kind of X pattern at this point. This
is what we're shooting for.
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Step 11:
A close up of how we did the ropes. We want to keep the final
product from moving around, shifting, and generally falling
apart on us -- so we've under that center tension point, then
over the top and under before going to the next step.
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Step 12:
Now we go under or over the bottom-right portion of the X.
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Step 13:
And now we take it around the breasts again. This time
underneath, returning to the back and running the rope under
the arms, and then behind our center structure.
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Step 14:
Here's what it looks like from the front at this point. A
clean, simple look from this view -- the band above the
breasts goes around the arms, the band below does not.
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Step 15:
Almost done. One of the neat things about this tie is that
there are almost no knots. It goes a lot quicker than you
might think. Once more around the forearms, lower than the
first pair...
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Step 16:
And then up again to the same place that this rope last went
around the center spot
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Step 17:
Under and around to balance things out.
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Step 18:
Snug up whatever needs adjusting, and finish with a bow
as I have, or another solution for whatever is left over is to
go straight back down to the wrists. A third idea might be to
seperate your doubled rope - one end going right, the other left
- and wrap the lines going above and below the breasts, bringing
them closer together and adding a bit more tension to the whole
array.
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Step 19:
A last look from the side. Simple in front, complex in
back. A good tie, with only two knots: one to start, one
to finish it.
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