Rope Making Fun

For Christmas Firm-Hand-Buddha made me a rope machine!  I ordered a tonne of yarn and have been chomping at the bit to get at making some jute.  I am a rope addict (as if calling myself aropedeevil didn't already give that away), and it was very hard to wait!  Finally, we had good weather (I actually got a sunburn) and I was able to try the machine out.

The first few attempts were TERRIBLE, resulting in kinky rope that felt rather bizarre, but after a few more tweaks things ran a great deal smoother!

As you can see, It was smooth enough that I was able to spend a weekend and spin a reasonable amount.  Note that the dark red, and the dark purple rope are treated.  The rest are still fuzzy and untouched. 

I am thrilled with this rope, but I admit, not everyone will like it.  It is single ply, which means even at 6mm, with 3 strands of 12 yarns, the rope lacks that hardness that many associate with rope.  This stuff is soft, alive and not for the faint hearted.  Single ply jute requires more love, more care, if one wants it to last.  But it is also incredibly responsive and sexy to have on your skin.  I may be a bit in love!

When I took a moment to quickly condition the rope, the colour darkened to reveal the rich undertones that make jute so damned special.
As soon as my bunny is feeling better I will be doing some body work to break mine in (purple is for MY BUNNY...)


For your amusement, here is the video I shot.  No go pro, so it is what it is.
Happy Rigging!

Rope Basic Workshop Updates!!

With all the overwhelming interest in a rope group the workshops have been split into two groups, rather than just one class.

One group will meet every Thursday, 7-930.  It already has 20 people registered in it.
The group will NOT meet Lupercalia weekend or on STAT holidays. 

The other group will meet every other Sunday.  It already has 17 people registered in it and will only permit 3 more to register.  The group meets from 1pm until 4pm.

I have dubbed them the Thursday Group and the Sunday Group!

Thursday Group has met once already and covered:
Basic Rope Info
Basic Rope Safety
Fred Kryel's style of storing rope
Single Column Tie
Double Column Tie
Variation 1 simple chest harness

Drills now include:
Single column tie
Double Column Tie
Chest Harness

The group was fantastic, and I REALLY appreciate that everyone was so respectful of the space and each other. It was absolutely wonderful.

This Thursday we will do our Drills.
We are going to learn my preferred way to roll up rope
Then we will learn the gunslinger harness and the Karada.
Then we will do our drills again.

Drills now include
Gunslinger harness (one side only)

The Sunday Group will cover
Basic Rope Info
Basic Rope Safety
Fred Kyrels style of storing rope
My preferred way of rolling rope
Single Column Tie
Double Column Tie
Variation 1 Chest Harness
Gunslinger
Karada

Don't panic, we will drill these until you can tie them with your eyes closed before you have your first coffee.

I look forward to the next class!
Hugs, spanks and ROPE
Aropedeevil

Rigging A lovely man in Vancouver

I recently had the wonderful experience of plying my rope, over and over, on a lovely gent in Vancouver.  The dungeon there (in Burnaby, at Braven's for anyone who is familiar with the place) has an entire building devoted to rope.  There are hard points galore!!

I am finding that more and more my ties are simple, rather than the pretty complex ties I was doing before.

I wind the rope and the moment they seem helpless I want to do other things.. I want to move them and taunt them and hurt them..

Lucky for me this bunny was willing and new of my sadistic bent. 

This picture shows the tie.  I had him suspended, because then I can be lazy and make him spin as I reach for various tender parts of his body.


We played for a couple of hours, winding rope, then tormenting, adjusting rope then tormenting some more.  It was lovely.  We were both smiling after, although his smile was a bit more fragile than mine. :)

He is shy, so his face is safely hidden. 

From this angle, besides being able to see my satisfied smirk, you can see the lazy asymmetrical tie I used.  I really do not care for the traditional chest harness.  I find it hurts, I worry about the nerves on the arm, and it looks... wrong on most men.  It just does.

I loved that I could just tie him however, and the suspension was fine.. he seemed comfy until I started hurting him.

Thank you sweet fella.  I enjoyed our time.  It was lovely to be able to tie a male form, at leisure, and not worry about if the tie looked pretty, but instead focus on the energy between us, and to build the tension with gentleness and pain, pain and gentleness.. You are a wonderfully rope bottom!

And of course there are toes... When I let him down, we were working some pressure points and he kicked... so this was my solution.  i love toes.  Just saying.