The materials you will need for
this crotchrope are:
n 20 to 40 feet of black 5/16-
inch rope for the waist rope.
n Eight feet each of red,
black, and green 5/16-inch rope
for the braid.
n Two rubber bands like they
sell for holding ponytails in
place.

We are using solid-braid MFP
rope from Rainbow Rope at
http://www.RainbowRope.com

Drape the three eight-foot ropes
over the edge of your hand. The
order should be red, black, and
green, from front to back, and
the ropes should be centered
over your hand.

Braiding is a wonderful way to
make crotchropes. Braided
crotchropes are good looking,
and their bumpy surface pro-
vides additional stimulation for
your partner. If you want to slip
a vibrator under the crotchrope,
the wide surface helps hold it in
place.

This crotchrope uses a three-
color braid, which adds a deco-
rative touch. And it is remov-
able. Often, with ordinary
crotchropes, there comes a time
in the scene when the crotchrope
starts getting in the way of
things.

This crotchrope can easily be
removed at that point, without
having to undo a lot of your
ropework. And if you don’t
want to slow down your scene
while you braid up the
crotchrope, you can braid it in
advance, and attach it to the
waist rope when you need it.

Grab the ropes just under your
hand, and pull your hand out of
the loops. You should have three
loops, roughly three inches long,
emerging from your fist. Slip a
rubber band over the loops to
hold them tightly in place.

Hold the ropes so that the red
ropes are up. Cross the left red
rope over the right red rope.

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Tri-color Removable Crotchrope

Now cross the right black rope
over the red ropes, then cross
the left black rope over the
right black rope.

Now cross the right green rope
over the black ropes, then cross
the left green rope over the right
green rope.

Continue alternately crossing the
outside right rope over to the
left, then the outside left rope
over to the right.

Keep the tension even and snug,
for a nice tight braid.

If you ever get two ropes that are
lying side by side, with no
crossing, that means you did two
ropes from the same side in a
row, rather than alternating. Just
back up one rope, and use the
rope on the other side.

Continue braiding until you run
out of rope. When you get to the
end, slip the second rubber band
over the ropes to hold the ends in
place.

You can store the crotchrope this
way until you are ready to use it.

Now we will make the waist
rope. The length of the wasit
rope is not critical; somewere
between 20 and 40 feet, depend-
ing on your partner’s waist size
and how many wraps around the
waist you want. I used a 38-foot
length of rope that was handy.

Begin by doubling the rope.
Wrap the middle part (the loop)
around your partner’s waist,
then pull the ends through the
loop.

Now pull the rope so it is snug,
then wrap it around the waist in
the opposite direction (so that it
is pulling against the loop).

Keep wrapping until you are
almost out of rope. You should
have two rope ends in your
hand. Take one end and run it
through the the loop (the one
that was formed earlier when
you changed wrap directions).
Now tie the two ends together in
a square or reef knot (left over
right, right over left). The
completed waist rope should
look something like this:

To use the crotchrope, slip the
end with the loops up under the
waist rope.

Now put the ends of the
crotchrope through the loops.

Pull the rope so it is snug, with
no slack in the loop, then run the
crotchrope between the legs.

Run the ends of the crotchrope
under the waist rope in back,
and pull it so it is nice and snug.

Pull the end of the crotchrope
under the part below the waist
rope, from right to left.

Now take the ends under the
loop around the waist rope,
forming an overhand knot.

The completed crotchrope:

There are a couple of alternative
ways to finish the crotchrope.
One is to unbraid the crotchrope
to a few inches below where it
meets the waist rope in back,
then rebraid it into two three-
strand braids (just like you use
for making pigtails in hair). Put
a rubber band on each end.
Then slip one pigtail under the
waist rope, and tie the two
pigtails in a square or reef knot.
This is a pretty finish, and makes
it easier to adjust the tension.

For less bulk in the back, you
could unbraid the end of the
crotchrope as before, run one set
of three ends under the waist
rope, and again tie a square or
reef know, treating each set of
three ends as one.

And if you want a narrower
crotchrope, you can follow the
same procedure, but with two
ropes instead of three. If you use
contrasting colors for the ropes it
makes lovely chevrons, just like
the three-rope version.

The end of the crotchrope with
the loops is inherently prettier
and less bulky than the end with
the knot. So if you’re doing this
for show, put the loops on the
side that shows. And if you’re
doing it for play, put the loops
on the side she will be lying on.

I hope this crotchrope brings you
and your partner lots of pleasure.