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I recently taught this body harness.  I realized although the tie is not difficult, there are a lot of steps.  I've chronicled them here as a reminder for my students. This tie has many different elements.  Each element adds onto the previous one.  Therefore the harness can be "finished" after any given element and still be usable and attractive.  Tie off in the back before adding the next element when you want to be "done". I may add the hip and leg pieces into this tutorial at a later date. Thanks to Sutton for helping me by modeling this tie...

Hemp: Strong Becomes very soft and smooth Lasts forever Tooth of the rope holds knots well Heavy Has a little stretch Washable Jute: Moves quickly and smoothly when tying No stretch Unrivaled tooth for frictions and knots Traditional rope of Japanese style bondage Lasts about a year with weekly use Becomes soft but always a bit scratchy Half the strength of hemp Half the weight of hemp

What do the numbers mean on the jute rope? Or, way more about jute than you really wanted to know. deGiotto Rope - What do the numbers on jute rope/yarn mean? from deGiotto Rope on Vimeo. In short, jute designations such as 12/1 refer to the thickness of the yarn used to make the rope. The larger the number in front of the slash, the thicker the yarn. 12/1 is a thicker yarn than 8/1. The number after the slash is the number of plies in the yarn. 12/1 is a single-ply yarn. 10/2 is a 2-ply or double-ply yarn....

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