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Types of rope
Sir recently purchased some new jute rope for us to use. He bought it untreated. He went through the process of treating it himself which took quite some time and care. The first time we tried the jute rope I struggled with the itchy course feeling it has. We have since tried it a few more times and I still can not get use to it. I really effects my focus during a scene. Has anyone else experienced this? What types of rope do you recommend?
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Sir and I belong to a Rope Group that meets once a month. I have not had the experience of using jute yet. Most of us in the group use 1/4″ twisted cotton. It is much less expensive. No care really needed other than the occasional spin in the washing machine. Especially if it touches the lady bits or lots of sweat. It is very easy to care for. And comes in tons of fun colors.
Sir and I get our online. It comes in a plain white color. Then I take my crafty skills and dye it with fabric dye. It takes a little time, but you can then have any color you want. You can also buy it online from many crafters. We have a gal in our local group that dyes it and then sells it. But I can also do it and it is much cheaper for me to do our own. Plus, I like knowing that it is something I made. We even have a few that are 2 colors. Half and half at the bite of the rope. So it looks like you are using 2 ropes, but it is really only one. Sir loves those.
It is very strong. We and the other in our group use it for suspensions. And I am not the smallest of gals. 😉 It is soft on the skin. And softens even more with use. And if you order it in bulk like we do, you can cut it any lengths that you want. Sir doesn’t like to have to add rope, so we cut ours in 50 and 30 foot lengths. Most will recommend 20 and 30. But by making them longer for me, he only needs to use one for a chest or hip harness. Especially if he gets more creative with the design he wants.
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I have read that the cotton rope can tighten during use and make untying knots difficult. Have you had issues with this? We have also used nylon which is soft but the knots are not as tight and stiff.
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Cocoa, we use jute rope. What did your sir do to prepare it? My Sir gently burned all the fibers, then he hand tied and sewed the ends. We washed it in the washing machine in a lingerie bag. Finally we used some Leiderbalm on the entire lengths of rope rubbing it in. I think I posted this product elsewhere with LK’s permission. It is a saddle/leather product found either on line or in your local tack shop. It is natural and very nice smelling. It made my ropes “conditioned” right away. Now just the smell of them gets me relaxed!
Feel free to pm me if you have any other questions!
Hugs-bliss
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