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Joining Rope                                                                                                                                                                                            1. The ends of your rope are seldom the

                                                                                                                                                                                                                           same length, even though you started right
                                                                                                                                                                                                                           in the exact middle of the rope earlier.
                   Whenever you get to the end                                                                                                                                                                             Just like this picture. I don’t know why this

                   of your rope, you need a nice                                                                                                                                                                           happens, but I’ve been scratching my head
                   tidy way to add more rope.                                                                                                                                                                              over it for years.
                   This works really well.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                           2. Some people want to just put a Lark’s
                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Head around the ends and carry on. This not
                                                                                                                                                                                                                           only makes it look sloppy, but the one end
                                                                                                                                                                                                                           that is too long doesn’t have any tension on
                                                                                                                                                                                                                           it, and eventually that slack will be seen in
                                                                                                                                                                                                                           your bondage. There is a very easy fix for this.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Take the longer end and fold it back on itself
                                                                                                                                                                                                                           so that the newly created loop end is exactly
                                                                                                                                                                                                                           the same length as the knot end. This is
                                                                                                                                                                                                                           why lots of rope bondage lovers like to have
                                                                                                                                                                                                                           knotted ends on their ropes.
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Final: Slip a Lark’s Head (page 88) around
                                                                                                                                                                                                                           it and tighten it all down. The newly created
                                                                                                                                                                                                                           loop will offer enough bulk to resist the Lark’s
                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Head knot from pulling off.






















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